Exploring the Social Studies of Information

Haigh, Thomas; Kozak, Nadine

Permalink

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/47246 Copy

Description

Title

Exploring the Social Studies of Information

Author(s)

• Haigh, Thomas
• Kozak, Nadine

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• socio-technical
• social studies of information
• STS
• SSI
• policy
• information history
• philosophy of information
• values
• internet research
• social informatics

Abstract

"This full day workshop builds a new community of scholars interested in exploring the potential of the ""Social Studies of Information"" (SSI) as a meta-identity for information research informed by the humanities and social sciences. We are inspired by the broad field of STS (for either ""Science and Technology Studies"" or ""Science, Technology, and Society""). STS-influenced work within iSchools has been balkanized across a range of functional classifications and disciplinary identities. These differ from school to school, and are often seen as marginal or esoteric within the strongly technical focus of many iSchools. Calling this the ""Social Studies of Information"" acknowledges the shared object of study around which iSchools are built. Full program at www.socialstudiesof.info/workshop14."

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/47246

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/14248

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 2014 is held by the authors of individual items in the proceedings. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

Owning Collections