Thomas Gieryn

Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington

Tom Gieryn is Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Indiana University Bloomington. His latest book is Truth-Spots: How Places Make People Believe (University of Chicago Press; June 2018).

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Written by Thomas Gieryn

A tracked vehicle labelled “U.S. Antarctic Research Program” towing sledges with supplies in a snowy landscape.

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Human rights and justice

Truth is also a place

Throughout history, people found truth at holy places. Now we build courts, labs and altars to be truth spots too

Thomas Gieryn