Creativity from the Periphery

Trading Zones of Scientific Exchange in Colonial India

By: Deepanwita Dasgupta

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Hardcover | 15 June 2021

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Science is usually known by its most successful figures and resource-rich institutions. In stark contrast, Creativity from the Periphery draws our attention to unknown figures in science&;those who remain marginalized, even neglected, within its practices. Researchers in early twentieth-century colonial India, for example, have made significant contributions to the stock of scientific knowledge and have provided science with new breakthroughs and novel ideas, but to little acclaim. As Deepanwita Dasgupta argues, sometimes the best ideas in science are born from difficult and resource-poor conditions. In this study, she turns our attention to these peripheral actors, shedding new light on how scientific creativity operates in lesser-known, marginalized contexts, and how the work of self-trained researchers, though largely ignored , has contributed to important conceptual shifts. Her book presents a new philosophical framework for understanding this peripheral creativity in science through the lens of trading zones&;where knowledge is exchanged between two unequal communities&;and explores the implications for the future diversity of transnational science.

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Creativity from the Periphery offers a highly detailed cultural/historical account of the contributions of self-taught Indian scientists in the twentieth century not only to localized research programs but to the broader enterprise of international science. Deepanwita Dasgupta has developed an original framework to understand the impact of scientists working on the periphery that will be of great interest to scholars in history and philosophy of science, science studies, and postcolonial studies.--Sharon Crasnow, Norco College
Creativity from the Periphery is a valuable addition to the history and philosophy of science. While it focuses solely on individuals from colonial and postcolonial India, Dasgupta's novel approach can be adopted and extended to case studies on creativity from other peripheral contexts.--Animesh Chatterjee, Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger

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