Making Knowledge Visible Artisans, Craftsmen, Printmakers, and the Knowledge Sharing Practices of 19th-Century Bengal

• Published in: Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication p. 222
• Main Authors: Siddharth Kankaria, Anwesha Chakraborty, Argha Manna
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol University Press 31.07.2023
• Edition: 1
• ISBN: 9781529226799; 1529226791
• DOI: 10.2307/jj.5274089.20

Existing research in the science communication literature has commented on how science and technology are seen predominantly through the prism of Western/Eurocentric knowledge paradigms (Neeley et al, 2020). Dawson (2019) highlights how this Eurocentrism spills over to sites and instances of science communication, where minority communities often feel marginalised and their knowledge underrepresented. This is also the case in the context of India, where the history of ‘modern’ scientific and technological enterprises is a story often retold through the lens of European colonisation of the Indian people and the subsequent transfer of Western knowledge paradigms within the Indian subcontinent (Phalkey,