Shakhar, What is your timeframe for the study? Also, is there a specific institution (and individuals) in Germany your investigation is tied to? The first thing that comes to mind is Science in Action by Bruno Latour as a general starting point, also the work of Laura Nader, but even this is just background rather than on the area you're interested in. Narrowing this query down in terms of time and place will make it easier to find information, (and easier for people on the list to respond)-- Best, Ellen pelled wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C1D889.A59AF680 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="windows-1255" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Dear people on the Science as Culture List,=20 > Perhaps, I have not been specific enough about my area of study. I am = > investigating a period in German history when great store was set by the = > "scientific" investigation of history and of Biblical texts. There was = > little awareness of the problems involved with such science. Does anyone = > on the list know of a critique of this un-self-conscious pose of an = > objective scientific approach to materials where the subjective = > involvement of researcher preconceptions is inevitable.=20 > Any help on this point is appreciated. > All the best, > Shakhar=20 > > -- Dr. Ellen Fernandez-Sacco Postdoctoral Research Fellow Bain Research Group on Gender 3415 Dwinelle Hall, #2050 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-2050 O:510.643.7172 F:510.643.7288 H:510.597.1668 [log in to unmask]