Virtual knowledge : experimenting in the humanities and the social sciences / / edited by Paul Wouters, Anne Beaulieu, Andrea Scharnhorst, and Sally Wyatt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957552703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England, : MIT Press, [2012]
• ISBN: 9781283707510; 1283707519; 9780262305754; 0262305755
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WoutersPaul <1951->; BeaulieuAnne <1970->; ScharnhorstAndrea; WyattSally <1959->
• Disciplina: 001.2
• Soggetti: Communication in learning and scholarship - Technological innovations; Digital humanities; Social sciences - Information technology; Humanities - Research; Social sciences - Research; Internet research; Information visualization; Knowledge, Theory of
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to Virtual Knowledge; The Changing Research Context; The Emergence of Virtual Knowledge; Outline of the Book and Common Themes; References; Chapter 1: Authority and Expertise in New Sites of Knowledge Production; Expertise and Authority; Institutional-Infrastructural Reproduction and Innovation; Three Dimensions of Knowledge Production; Authorizing Actors and the Tropenmuseum's Networked Image Database; Re-; Negotiating Authority; Authorizing Empirical Encounters in Flickr; Validation of Knowledge Claims and Expertise in the Cultural Biography of MaastrichtConclusions; References; Chapter 2: Working in Virtual Knowledge; The Changing Nature of Labor and Scholarly Work in the Digital Age; Introducing the Cases; Care Work; Articulation Work; Persuasion Work; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Exploring Uncertainty in Knowledge Representations; Uncertainty in the Natural Sciences, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences; Examples: Uncertainty in Representations of the World; Strategies for E-Research and the Need for Experiments with Interfaces, Interactions, and <odelsNotes; References; Chapter 4: Virtually Visual; Visual Culture and Visuality; Geographic Information Systems; Policy Design; Case Studies; Analysis; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5: Sloppy Data Floods or Precise Social Science Methodologies?; New Forms of Data Collection and Analysis in Sociology; What Are the Implications for the Field?; Neuroimaging Data in Economics; What Are the Implications for the Field?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Beyond Open Access; Situating Openness and Scholarly CommunicationChanges in the Role of Scholarly Communication; Analytical Framework of Openness; Formal Scholarly Communication; Informal Scholarly Communication; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 7: Virtual Knowledge in Family History; The Role of Dreams in Research; Dreams and Practices of Computational Family History; Notes; References; About the Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Authority and expertise in new sites of knowledge production / Anne Beaulieu, Sarah de Rijcke and Bas van Heur -- Working in virtual knowledge : affective labor in scholarly collaboration / Smiljana Antonijević, Stefan Dormans and Sally Wyatt -- Exploring uncertainty in knowledge representations : classifications, simulations and models of the world / Matthijs Kouw, Charles van den Heuvel and Andrea Scharnhorst -- Virtually visual : the visual rhetoric of GIS in policy making / Rebecca Moody, Matthijs Kouw and Victor Bekkers -- Sloppy data floods or precise social science methodologies? : dilemmas in the transition to data-intensive research in sociology and economics / Clement Levallois, Stephanie Steinmetz and Paul Wouters -- Beyond open access : a framework for openness in scholarly communication / Clifford Tatum and Nicholas W. Jankowski -- Virtual knowledge in family history : visionary technologies, research dreams and research agendas / Jan Kok and Paul Wouters.