Shifting Subject Positions Experts and Lay People in Public Dialogue

摘要: Public dialogue about science, technology and medicine is an established part of the activities a range charities, private corporations, governmental departments scientific institutions. However, extent to which these challenge or bridge lay-expert divide questionable. Expertise contested, by public community scholars who study and/or facilitate engagement. In this paper, we explore dynamics expertise their implications for at series events new genetics. We examine participants' claims consider how relates credibility legitimacy way in unfolded. Using combination ethnographic discursive analysis, found that participants supplemented technical with other expert lay perspectives. can also link generally positive appraisal genetic research services. The colonization positions speakers hybrid positioning lay-experts was characteristic consensus conservatism emerged. This leads us conclude engagement will not dominance decision-making without more explicit reflexive problematization therein.