Jamie Lewis
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Jamie Lewis is a leading figure in the sociology of scientific knowledge, specializing in laboratory ethnography and the micro-sociology of biomedical research. Their work offers a rare, ground-level view of how scientific facts are constructed, moving beyond abstract theory to capture the messy, collaborative, and often tacit practices that define life in the lab. Lewis’s most influential contribution, the 2017 paper “Doing laboratory ethnography: reflections on method in scientific workplaces” (45 citations), is a seminal methodological guide that critically reflects on the challenges and rewards of embedding oneself in scientific workspaces. By dissecting their own ethnographic experiences, Lewis provides an essential toolkit for scholars seeking to study science in action, highlighting issues of access, trust, and the translation of technical practice into social theory. This work has become a key reference for students and researchers in Science and Technology Studies (STS), shaping how a new generation approaches the empirical study of laboratories. Through this sustained focus on method, Jamie Lewis has cemented their reputation as a vital architect of the tools we use to understand science as a human endeavor.
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- 1Doing laboratory ethnography: reflections on method in scientific workplaces45 citations · 2017