The Covid-19 pandemic offers an unprecedented opportunity to investigate knowledge-making practices and associated epistemic conflicts. In addition to the conflict between the scientific community and social groups that opposed controversial positions, we argue that the pandemic has been the backdrop of a less visible ‘epistemic war’ within the medical field, as the radical uncertainty paved […]
La pandemia da COVID-19 ha richiesto alla sanità un adattamento per fronteggiare un patogeno sconosciuto. La comunità medico-scientifica si è trovata nella condizione di dover sviluppare un corpus di nuove conoscenze e, nel contempo, dare risposte senza poter contare su una solida base di evidenze sperimentali. Alla risposta della comunità scientifica e delle istituzioni, nelle […]
This paper is focused on the production and circulation of medical knowledge ‘from below’ in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the aim is to investigate the link between personal and professional resilience and the sharing of knowledge and practices at a time of epistemic rupture. The empirical case intends to discuss a […]
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