Curiosity studies : a new ecology of knowledge / Perry Zurn and Arjun Shankar, editors ; foreword by Pamela Grossman and John L. Jackson Jr.

"Curiosity Studies marshals scholars from more than a dozen fields not only to define curiosity but also to grapple with its ethics as well as its role in technological advancement and global citizenship."--

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Zurn, Perry, 1981- (Editor), Shankar, Arjun, 1984- (Editor), Grossman, Pamela L. (Pamela Lynn), 1953- (writer of foreword.), Jackson, John L., Jr., 1971- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: What is curiosity studies? / Perry Zurn and Arjun Shankar
  • Exploring the costs of curiosity : an environmental scientist's dilemma / Seeta Sistla
  • Curious ecologies of knowledge : more-than-human anthropology / Heather Anne Swanson
  • Curiosity, ethics, and the medical management of intersex anatomies / Ellen K. Feder
  • A network science of the practice of curiosity / Danielle S. Bassett
  • Why should this be so? The waxing and waning of children's curiosity / Susan Engel
  • The Dude abides, or, why curiosity is important for education today / Tyson Lewis
  • "The campus is sick" : capitalist curiosity and student mental health / Arjun Shankar
  • Autism, neurodiversity, and curiosity / Kristina T. Johnson
  • Obstacles to curiosity and concern : exploring the racist imagination / Narendra Keval
  • Curious entanglements : opacity and ethical relation in Latina/o aesthetics / Christina León
  • Transsexuality, the curio, and the transgender tipping point / Amy Marvin
  • Peeping and transgression : curiosity and collecting in English literature / Barbara M. Benedict
  • Curiosity and political resistance / Perry Zurn
  • Curiosity at the end of the world : women, fiction, electricity / Hilary M. Schor
  • Conclusion: On teaching curiosity / Arjun Shankar and Perry Zurn
  • Afterword / Helga Nowotny.