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LTT: Devin Gouvêa
April 7, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Title: Crafting Scientific Narratives
Abstract:
How do particular sets of experimental data become evidence for particular scientific claims? In this talk I call attention to the narrative constraints that shape data interpretation within individual publications and the larger research trajectories they comprise. I present a case study involving a particular C. elegans laboratory in which I worked for several years. I analyze the crafting of explanatory narratives during two different research processes: (1) the production of a single paper and (2) a shift in focus from reproductive stress to social signaling. The nature of the complex decisions at both scales suggests that data interpretation is a fundamentally creative process, yet one that remains susceptible to philosophical analysis.
This talk will also be available live streamed on You Tube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
Details
- Date:
- April 7, 2023
- Time:
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
- Event Category:
- Lunchtime Talks 2022-23
Venue
- 1117 Cathedral of Learning
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4200 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 United States