Abstract
This article contributes to ongoing attempts to broaden out theorizations of secrecy from an intentional and willful act of concealment to a cultural and structural process. We do so by fostering a conversation between secrecy and curiosity. This conversation is enabled through a review of central themes in secrecy studies and curiosity studies, but also through an examination of a collaboration between the science center “We the Curious” and a network of academic researchers. In doing so, this article makes a case for the benefits of paying more attention to curiosity as a means of facilitating a multifaceted understanding of secrecy, and for the benefits of creative and participatory research to foster the (re)theorization of secrecy.
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Stevens, Clare; Elspeth Van Veeren; Brian Rappert; and Owen D. Thomas.
2023.
"Being Curious with Secrecy."
Secrecy and Society
3(1).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55917/2377-6188.1078
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/secrecyandsociety/vol3/iss1/6
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