The Gray Zone as an Oppositional Communication Channel. Czech Experts, Dissent and the Environmental Agenda

0560921 - ÚČL 2022 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Burget, Eduard - Loučová, Petra - Olšáková, Doubravka
The Gray Zone as an Oppositional Communication Channel. Czech Experts, Dissent and the Environmental Agenda.
Práce z dějin Akademie věd. Roč. 13, č. 2 (2021), s. 1-22. ISSN 1803-9448
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LTC18040
Institutional support: RVO:68378068 ; RVO:68378114
Keywords : gray zone * dissent * Charter 77 * ecology * Czechoslovakia * normalization
OECD category: Specific literatures; History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) (USD-C)
Method of publishing: Open access with time embargo
https://www.mua.cas.cz/cs/periodika/prace-z-dejin-akademie-ved-2021-2

With respect to the history of sciences under communism, we understand the gray zone to mean academic practices originating from the negotiated autonomy of academia and the need to respect scientific values such as objectivity and a critical approach to reality. Our research explores the links between academic communities that were not directly involved in dissident activities but actively supported dissent initiatives (very often for a limited period of time) and were linked to transnational scientific networks or social movements. Specifically, we analyze the involvement of socially engaged scientists employed by the official research institutions in dissident activities related to the environmental sciences.
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