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      Reimagining publics and (non) participation: Exploring exclusion from science communication through the experiences of low-income, minority ethnic groups

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          This article explores science communication from the perspective of those most at risk of exclusion, drawing on ethnographic fieldwork. I conducted five focus groups and 32 interviews with participants from low-income, minority ethnic backgrounds. Using theories of social reproduction and social justice, I argue that participation in science communication is marked by structural inequalities (particularly ethnicity and class) in two ways. First, participants’ involvement in science communication practices was narrow (limited to science media consumption). Second, their experiences of exclusion centred on cultural imperialism (misrepresentation and ‘Othering’) and powerlessness (being unable to participate or change the terms of their participation). I argue that social reproduction in science communication constructs a narrow public that reflects the shape, values and practices of dominant groups, at the expense of the marginalised. The article contributes to how we might reimagine science communication’s publics by taking inclusion/exclusion and the effects of structural inequalities into account.

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              On Being Included

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                Journal
                Public Underst Sci
                Public Underst Sci
                PUS
                sppus
                Public Understanding of Science (Bristol, England)
                SAGE Publications (Sage UK: London, England )
                0963-6625
                1361-6609
                10 January 2018
                October 2018
                : 27
                : 7
                : 772-786
                Affiliations
                [1-0963662517750072]University College London, UK
                Author notes
                [*]Emily Dawson, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Email: Emily.Dawson@ 123456ucl.ac.uk
                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7152-6032
                Article
                10.1177_0963662517750072
                10.1177/0963662517750072
                6154219
                29316863
                4e2b0351-419c-42ac-9c89-d3e467988b88
                © The Author(s) 2018

                This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ( http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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                Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000269;
                Award ID: ES/G018448/1
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                Sociology
                exclusion,public participation,science communication,science museums,social justice,television

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