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SUMMARY:Knowledge machine or cloak of (in)visibility? Addressing the -ism i
 n the room
LOCATION:Garnethill Multicultural Community Centre
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 32% · why: lots of
  people going\n\nTitle: Knowledge machine or cloak of (in)visibility? Addr
 essing the -ism in the room\nSpeaker: Dr Magriet Cruywagen\, Lead for Rese
 arch-Practice Collaboration for the Health Determinants Research Collabora
 tion Glasgow.\n📍 Location: Garnethill Multicultural Centre\, 21 Rose St\, 
 Glasgow G3 6RE\n🕒 Doors open: 14.30 Meeting time:\\ 15.00– 16.30\n☕ Refres
 hments: Complimentary tea and coffee will be available\, with an optional 
 donation.\n🎟️ Cost: Free\n\nJoin us for our next Glasgow Branch meeting\, 
 open to all HSS members\, supporters and anyone who shares humanist values
 ! This month's meeting will feature a speaker as well as updates on the so
 ciety’s recent activities.\n\nEvent Description:\nJust follow the science 
 (it’s not rocket science!) because by now we have it down to a science and
  that’s scientific because we got it from the scientists who are - after a
 ll - the experts we should be deferring to when it comes to the science. W
 hat does this barrage of honorifics have to do with science? Beyond playin
 g dress up and using almost every variation of the s-word to heap generic\
 , epistemic praise - precious little. Drawing on the speaker’s experience 
 of navigating the necessary limitations of the social sciences\, this talk
  explores a few of the pitfalls (and attractions) of scientism - an inappr
 opriately deferential attitude to scientific inquiry and findings that emp
 loys the prestige of science for disguise and/or protection. Acknowledging
  the unfortunate misuse of this -ism in blanket attacks on the scientific 
 process\, the talk also makes a case for championing the systematic pursui
 t of knowledge of the natural and social world based on evidence - a tradi
 tion which has had significant and wide-reaching positive impacts on life 
 as we know it.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\nDr. Magriet Cruywagen is a social re
 searcher and systemic coach based in Glasgow. She works at the intersectio
 n of education\, health and social policy and practice\, with a central in
 terest in the design and implementation of research and capacity-building 
 approaches that foster enabling spaces for collaborative knowledge discove
 ry and stewardship. She is the Lead for Research-Practice Collaboration on
  the Health Determinants Research Collaboration Glasgow\, a five-year NIHR
 -funded research project\, and works with Dundee City Council on the ongoi
 ng embedding of the city-wide Every Dundee Learner Matters education strat
 egy. Her doctoral research at the University of Glasgow explored the poten
 tial of research-practice collaborations in education and social research 
 in the South African context. In parallel she designed and facilitated an 
 embedded research-practice collaboration as part of the Glasgow Child Pove
 rty Pathfinder\, an initiative of the Glasgow City Council and Scottish Go
 vernment. She has also collaborated with Glasgow City Council’s Financial 
 Inclusion and Transformation Team on evaluations and independent reviews o
 f holistic\, person-centred\, and place-based services including Glasgow H
 elps\, Financial Inclusion Support Officers in Schools\, Welcome Places an
 d the Glasgow Poverty Leadership Panel with thematic emphases including th
 e interplay between poverty and various other dimensions of education\, he
 alth and social policy.\n\nImage credit: Digital illustration created usin
 g AI tools by OpenAI\, 2026. For illustrative purposes only.
URL:https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-humanists/events/315691267/
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