Schreiben im Forschen

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"I write in order to see, to do, to specify, to prolong - not to duplicate what has existed." (Paul Valéry) Wherever one looks in the sciences, writing is taking place: in the laboratory, in the field, in the archive, in the office. Seldom does this activity attract attention; it is simply too self-evident, too trivial. Closer inspection reveals that writing does not merely serve to aid memory or convey insights. Christoph Hoffmann shows that in research, writing takes on the character of a procedure that yields epistemic effects. Whoever writes not only processes things, but in so doing shapes them and makes them available. As Paul Valéry suggests: the act of writing itself becomes an instrument of exploration.

Autorenportrait

Geboren 1963; Studium der Germanistik und Geschichte in Frankfurt a.M. und Freiburg i.Br.; 1995 Promotion; 2004 Habilitation; 2004-10 Co-Leiter der Forschungsinitiative "Wissen im Entwurf" am Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Berlin; 2008 Gastprofessor an der Columbia University, New York; seit 2010 Professor für Wissenschaftsforschung an der Universität Luzern; Fellowships am Zentrum für Literaturforschung Berlin (2001), an der Akademie Schloß Solitude Stuttgart (2004) und am IFK Wien (2006).

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