A path of one’s own in the international scientific insertion: on the research trajectory of an Argentine neuroscience laboratory

Abstract

ABSTRACTScientific publications in indexed international journals currently define what is considered as belonging to “world science” for Latin American scientific communities. To address how the global/local dynamics occur in a specific case, this work presents an ethnographic analysis of the research processes in an Argentine neuroscience laboratory that led to an outstanding international scientific publication, as well as its repercussions. It is shown that the authors' ways of conceiving the international discussion in which they participated and their particular way of working with a non-conventional animal shaped the theoretical–conceptual contribution of the article. It is argued that this original publication was part of a long-term research trajectory of this group of scientists, rooted in its own production conditions and research tradition.

Keywords

• Local–global
• neuroscience
• ethnography
• Local–global
• neurociências
• etnografia