New Books in Art Hannah Star Rogers, "Art, Science, and the Politics of Knowledge (MIT Press, 2022)
Aug 13, 2025
Hannah Star Rogers, an author and scholar at the intersection of art and Science & Technology Studies, delves into her groundbreaking book. She challenges the artificial divide between art and science, arguing that both realms share a quest for understanding our world. Rogers introduces Art-STS, promoting collaboration between disciplines. She discusses how this integration redefines knowledge production and influences societal norms, funding, and education. Through fascinating examples, she illustrates knowledge as a social, messy, and political process that deserves recognition.
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Early Climate Roots
- Hannah Star Rogers grew up in rural Alabama with a father who worked as a USDA climate change scientist.
- That upbringing sparked her long interest in how rural communities receive and respond to climate information.
Rejected, Then Enriched By China Year
- Hannah recounts not getting into Cornell on her first application and spending a year in rural Hubei, China instead.
- She says that experience shaped her scholarship and teaching in meaningful ways.
Displays Shape Knowledge Categories
- Display choices reveal how institutions classify objects as science or art.
- Rogers studied Blaschka glass models split between a biology building and an art museum to show that classification is socially produced.
