as a discovery claim works its way though the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs abouts the science and the technology involved transforms an individual's discovery claim into the community's credible discovery.

请问老师，

1. its way though the community,是作as分句的状语吗？

2. involved 怎么理解，如果是形容词修饰technology，作为单个形容词，为什么后置？