… science studies in the mid-l960s, this cultivated ignorance of Marxian and Freudian theories
of interested ignorance … controversy over whether such values actually affect the behavior of …

… Through a focus on a recent controversy over the licensing of Ketek, an antibiotic drug linked
to kidney failure, I explore how actors seek to preserve ignorance rather than to dispel it. I …

… forms of socially constructed ignorance, the awareness of its role, as described above, has
a special significance for science. Through the attempts to record ‘usable ignorance’ and to …

… presence of ignorance in scientific practice is neither novel nor especially controversial.
Generations … Some black boxes are constructed out of necessity: ignorance about the underlying …

… ignorance not only are fundamental to processes of scientific … that ignorance deserves a
more prominent role in science … Attention to the ways in which ignorance is (mis)construed and …

… Similarly, structural conceptions of ignorance do not just discuss structural causes of
ignorance. Instead, they should be read as making the possibly controversial claim that ignorance …

… constructed ignorance is that its purveyors and recipients must already share criteria for
recognizing what “ignorance” is… of a political and scientific controversy simultaneously. Smithson (…

… ignorance is still in mid-construction. Nevertheless, it seems timely to suggest some tentative
explanations for the recent ferment over ignorance. … about the controversies over probability …

… that controversy still surrounds issues that the international … of scientific knowledge, even
though the distinction between such knowledge and the socially constructed ignorance on …

… at the same time, this ignorance of the contents of a secret is … that actively contributes to the
social construction of reality, for … That Waiting is a controversial book is also reflected in the …