Soviet SCI_BERIA
The Politics of Expertise and the Novosibirsk Scientific Center
Soviet SCI_BERIA
The Politics of Expertise and the Novosibirsk Scientific Center
Description
At first glance, the Novosibirsk Scientific Center, or Akademgorodok, appears as an outlier in academic excellence. This 'science city' is renowned for a preeminent university, dozens of research institutes, and a thriving technopark. At home, it is an emblem of Russian innovation; abroad, it is often portrayed as a potential threat, a breeding ground of cyber soldiers. Though Siberia has been the main source of post-1991 Russian carbon revenues, its soviet history and cold war legacy of internationalism demonstrates that territorial and scientific dimensions interlocked the moment the Siberian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences was created in 1957.
Drawing on a wide range of previously unexplored archives, Soviet SCI_BERIA focuses on how the post-Stalinist Siberia was redefined and represented through the ideal of rational development, the late socialist innovation practices, and the relationship between experts and the state. It offers a fresh insight into the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet Akademgorodok. In doing so, Tatarchenko not only fosters a conversation between history, area studies, and science studies but also sheds new light on Soviet modernity and the limits of its transformative projects.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Calculating a Showcase: Mikhail Lavrentiev, the Politics of Expertise, and the Model Community in a Siberian Continuum
Chapter 2: The Siberian Carnivalesque: Tradition, Innovation, and Youth Cultures at the Novosibirsk State University
Chapter 3: Passing the Torch: Virtues and Vices of Digital Entrepreneurship
Chapter 4: Beyond Scarcity: Gurii Marchuk, Numerical Methods, and Cold War Scientific Diplomacy
Chapter 5: The Land of Tomorrow: Siberian Science and Its Publics
Chapter 6: How Genius Grows: Novosibirsk Specialized Physics and Mathematics School (FMSh), Nonartificial Intelligence, and the Limits of Transformative Projects
Epilogue: Inventing CY_BERIA, Living in CARB_BERIA
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Product details
| Published | Oct 03 2024 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 344 |
| ISBN | 9781350165854 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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