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all forms of knowledge - not limited to knowledges compatible with the rational-
ity of hegemonic ecological modernisation. Of course, I recognise, in practice
many might want to follow a dual strategy: reform within as well as stepping out-
side to question the hierarchies and engage with the experiments. Further research,
I suggest, should enquire into how to move existing organisations towards recog-
nising their structural weakness embedded in hierarchical organisation and leading
to disregarding a variety of bodies and forms of knowledge.
Acknowledgements
Academic knowledge is not produced by individuals but in networks and commu-
nities. For the thoughts and discussions which supported me to develop this paper
proposal I am especially grateful to Günter Getzinger (IFZ, Inter-University Re-
search Centre for Technology, Work and Culture) and the Research Fellows und
Visiting Scholars of the IAS-STS (Institute for Advanced Studies on Science,
Technology and Society). Corinna Bath, Verónica Sanz and Torsten Wöllmann
provided valuable hints for sketching the argument. Participants of a seminar at
the Institute for Social Ecology of Klagenfurt University as well as of the First
ERM Alumni Conference (6-8 October 2008) at the Brandenburg University of
Technology contributed helpful feedback to the paper. Judith Ancke helped tran-
scribing interviews and critically commented on the final draft. Thanks also to
Robert Atkinson for reviewing the paper and his comments on language as well as
to Dmitry Palekhov and Vincent Onyango for pursuing the editing of this topic. I
gratefully acknowledge the funding by Hans-Böckler-Foundation as well as IAS-
STS for facilitating my studies and the German National Academic Foundation for
their support during the development of this paper.
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