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Nancy van House uttrycker sig klokt, tycker jag:

"Texts are not simply factual reports, but narratives constructed according to the practices of science, designed to persuade the reader of the author’s view of the world. This is not to say that they are fictional, but that the choices about what is said and how, and the deletion of much of the messiness of practical work (including the false starts and confusions), the way that the work is placed in context, and the conclusions presented are shaped by the practices of a specific community and intended to promote a particular argument" (van House, 2004).