Manufacturing Refused Knowledge in the Age of Epistemic Pluralism

Federico Neresini teaches Digital Sociology and Sociology of Innovation at the University of Padua, where he also coordinated the PaSTIS research unit. His research interests are focused on STS, in particular on the construction processes of scientific knowledge and the analysis of technoscience in the public sphere.Maria Carmela Agodi is Professor of Sociology and Science & Technology Studies at the University of Naples Federico II. Her recent research interests center around the epistemological and sociomaterial dimensions of robotic surgery, anti-aging medicine and practices, and on the institutional impact of global research regulation and local evaluation practices.Stefano Crabu is a science, technology and medicine sociologist at the University of Padova. He studies innovation processes in the life sciences and ICT, mainly focusing on the sociomaterial and epistemological aspects of translational biomedicine, laboratory practices and hacking practices.Simone Tosoni is Associate Professor at the Università Cattolica (Milan) where he teaches sociology of cultural processes and digital media. He is currently working on the hybridization of media and machines, on social robotics, and the online circulation of knowledge refused by the scientific community.

• 1 Introduction: Manufacturing Knowledge at the Border of Science - Stefano Crabu, Federico Neresini, Maria Carmela Agodi, and Simone Tosoni.- 2 Can We Look at Refused Knowledge Differently? - Federico Neresini.- 3 Embracing Refused Knowledge: The Turning Processes - Paolo Volonté.- 4 Us and Them: Martyrs, Prophets and Mythic Narratives of Refused Knowledge - Paolo Bory.- 5 From Scientific to Syncretic Patchwork Storytelling: The Discursive Ecosystem of Italian Stop 5G Refused Knowledge Communities - Simone Tosoni.- 6 Disentangling Discursive Spaces of Knowledge Refused by Science: An Analysis of the Epistemic Structures in the Narratives Repertoires on Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Ilenia Picardi, Luca Serafini, and Marco Serino.- 7 Challenging the Institutional Politics of Life in the Making of Refused Knowledge - Stefano Crabu.- 8 “This is the real face of Covid-19!”: How Refused Knowledge Communities Entered the Pandemic Arena - Barbara Morsello, Federico Neresini, and MariaCarmela Agodi.- 9 Do the Media Refuse Refused Knowledge? - Paolo Giardullo.- 10 Respecifying Fieldwork: Refused Knowledge Communities Explored Through the Reflexive Lens - Barbara Morsello.- 11 Conclusion: Is It Really Possible to Take the Floor (Agnostically) About Refused Knowledge? - Federico Neresini and Stefano Crabu.