Tools of the Trade: Picturing Knowledge

Leonieke Bolderman; Sean Desjardins; Alberto Godioli; Sander van Lanen; Jolien M. Mouw; Naomi de Ruiter; Else Starkenburg; Riemer Vegter

doi:10.21827/685a72a4bc3a5

Tools of the Trade: Picturing Knowledge

Authors

Leonieke Bolderman; Sean Desjardins; Alberto Godioli; Sander van Lanen; Jolien M. Mouw; Naomi de Ruiter; Else Starkenburg; Riemer Vegter

Synopsis

Edited by the Young Academy Groningen (2022 cohort)

The editors are listed in alphabetical order.

What do academics do, exactly? What are the tools of scientific research, and how do they differ from one field to another? And why does this matter? In a time of growing misinformation and skepticism towards specialist knowledge, making research practices more transparent is an important challenge for universities.
This book is based on a dialogue between academics from the University of Groningen and a diverse group of talented visual artists. It features 7 comics focusing on the various ways in which researchers create knowledge – be it through lab experiments, ethnographic observations, archival research or citizen science.

Publisher: University of Groningen Press
Broerstraat 4 9712 CP Groningen
The Netherlands

Cover design: Riëtte van Zwol
Typesetting and production support: LINE UP boek en media bv

This book is a first limited edition of a more comprehensive version to be published later.

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Author Biographies

Leonieke Bolderman

is a social scientist at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, who explores the role of art, culture and media in cities with a specific focus on tourism, heritage and identities.

Sean Desjardins

is an anthropological archaeologist examining the intersection of climate and long-term human/nonhuman-animal and human/environment relationships in the North American Arctic.

Alberto Godioli

works at the intersection of law and humanities. His research focuses on courts’ approach to humor and satire in free speech jurisprudence, combining legal analysis with insights from humanities-based humor research.

Sander van Lanen

is a cultural geographer that works on poverty and inequality in cities at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences in Groningen.

Jolien M. Mouw

is an educational scientist. She focuses on educational innovations, instructional design of interactive learning environments, and purposeful implementation of educational technologies to support learning and teaching.

Naomi de Ruiter

is a developmental psychologist at the University College Groningen. Her research is about developmental processes of self and identity within social contexts.

Else Starkenburg

is an astronomer. Her main research focuses on the early history of the Milky Way galaxy.

Riemer Vegter

is a human movement scientist who studies the biomechanics and physiology of cyclic upper-body movements, often applied to improving mobility of person’s using a manual wheelchair.