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Introduction: What is curiosity studies? / Perry Zurn and Arjun Shankar -- Exploring the costs of curiosity : an environmental scientist's dilemma / Seeta Sistla -- Curious ecologies of knowledge : more-than-human anthropology / Heather Anne Swanson -- Curiosity, ethics, and the medical management of intersex anatomies / Ellen K. Feder -- A network science of the practice of curiosity / Danielle S. Bassett -- Why should this be so? The waxing and waning of children's curiosity / Susan Engel -- The Dude abides, or, why curiosity is important for education today / Tyson Lewis -- "The campus is sick" : capitalist curiosity and student mental health / Arjun Shankar -- Autism, neurodiversity, and curiosity / Kristina T. Johnson -- Obstacles to curiosity and concern : exploring the racist imagination / Narendra Keval -- Curious entanglements : opacity and ethical relation in Latina/o aesthetics / Christina León -- Transsexuality, the curio, and the transgender tipping point / Amy Marvin -- Peeping and transgression : curiosity and collecting in English literature / Barbara M. Benedict -- Curiosity and political resistance / Perry Zurn -- Curiosity at the end of the world : women, fiction, electricity / Hilary M. Schor -- Conclusion: On teaching curiosity / Arjun Shankar and Perry Zurn -- Afterword / Helga Nowotny. "The first collection on "curiosity studies," an interdisciplinary conversation about what curiosity is and what resources it might hold for human and ecological flourishing. The collection includes essays spanning the humanities, social sciences, and hard sciences, including philosophy, history, literature, ethnic studies, education, anthropology, sociology, psychology, ecology, biomedicine, neuroscience, and visual art. Organized into four parts -- scientific inquiry, educational practice, cultural awareness, and transformative power -- this collection provides a transdisciplinary lens by which to investigate the value of curiosity and its inherent risks"--
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