Scientific ideologies on the move: Sino-British exchanges, scientific freedoms and the governance of science in Britain, 1961–1966.
In: Notes & Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, Jg. 77 (2023-09-01), Heft 3, S. 399-420
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In the early 1960s, amidst a period of considerable debate surrounding how civil science in Britain should be governed, British scientists—especially those associated with the Royal Society—and their counterparts in the People's Republic of China (PRC) began tentative exchange programmes. Although such unusual interactions between Cold War adversaries were enabled by claims that science was a universal and apolitical phenomenon, the ways in which institutional and individual participants were embroiled in these domestic debates illuminate how their ideological outlooks shaped their views on exchange and on the science they encountered. By focusing on three interrelated exchanges during this period—an individual scientist's visit to the PRC, a Royal Society delegation to China, and a larger research programme bringing junior Chinese researchers to Britain—I argue that participating British scientists' conceptualizations of 'scientific freedom' framed how they judged science in China, and the value of these exchanges; their observations and actions during these interactions reflected their views on domestic British debates over the governance of science. This study thereby sheds light on how the ideological attitudes of participants of science diplomacy shape its practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Scientific ideologies on the move: Sino-British exchanges, scientific freedoms and the governance of science in Britain, 1961–1966.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Newman, Francis |
Zeitschrift: | Notes & Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, Jg. 77 (2023-09-01), Heft 3, S. 399-420 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0035-9149 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1098/rsnr.2021.0055 |
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