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Análise Social
versión impresa ISSN 0003-2573
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INVERNIZZI, Noela. Mini-publics and activism. Democratizing science and technology. Anál. Social [online]. 2023, n.248, pp.534-560. Epub 30-Sep-2023. ISSN 0003-2573. https://doi.org/10.31447/as00032573.2023248.05.
Starting from an extensive literature review, I examine the democratizing effects of two forms of public participation in science and technology (S&T): mini-publics (institutionalized participation) and activism. The analysis incorporates dimensions proposed in various typologies of public participation, introducing a distinction between production and consumption of S&T. I examine the position of social actors in participation in S&T matters and distinguish the democratizing effects caused. I argue that the fragility of institutionalized public participation as a democratizing instrument is related to the distancing from the power relations that cross the development of S&T, while activism achieves some democratic advances by constituting itself in the confrontation of these power relations.
Palabras clave : public participation in S&T; consensus conferences; activism; democracy; political economy.