Curiosity studies : a new ecology of knowledge

9781517905408

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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Grossman, Pamela L. (Pamela Lynn), 1953- writer of foreword
Jackson, John L., Jr., 1971- writer of foreword
Shankar, Arjun, 1984- editor
Zurn, Perry, 1981- editor