Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Is Professional History Boring?
Here I reflect on some of the pernicious ways professionalization has excluded audiences, audiences that might have an interest in history of science. I use William Cronon’s recent essay and Steven Shapin’s essay from a few years ago to think about the problem of self-absorption and hyperprofessionalism.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 04/18 at 02:08 PM