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Anne Beaulieu

The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Anne Beaulieu. Common denominator: ‘networks’. Networks are key infrastructure of e-knowledge Practices of scholars and scientists as a starting point. Central idea of VKS.

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Anne Beaulieu

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  1. The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social SciencesRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Anne Beaulieu

  2. Common denominator: ‘networks’ • Networks are key infrastructure of e-knowledge • Practices of scholars and scientists as a starting point

  3. Central idea of VKS • Transformations in information and communication technologies and practices • Create new possibilities for researchers hypotheses, data, methods, dissemination • Raise new questions How can these be used by researchers in hum/soc sc? What are the implications of this use? • DUAL mission engage with and reflect on e-research

  4. design and conceptualisation new questions & practices experiment/play travel across disciplines grasp dynamics knowledge creation demonstration and exploration bring researchers together pool resources, methodologies and techniques interrogate both old and new Mission VKS Method VKS

  5. analytic center virtual ethnography web archiving simulation DATA COLLABORATIONS INSTITUTIONS construction platform

  6. Common denominator: ‘networks’ • What does a network look like when defined as a practice, rather than as an infrastructure? • What do these differences between networking and networks tell us about innovation and the scope of change in the humanities and qualitative social sciences? These questions will be addressed using case studies from data-sharing, web-based communication, and European research collaboration.

  7. Study of mailing list What does the network of subscribers do? How is this different from non-networked scholarly practices?

  8. Study of mailing list How is this different from non-networked scholarly practices? Consolidation of list discussions in the form of webbased ressources is unlike other forms of scholarly output in this field. Traces of network remain

  9. Study of mailing list • Interactions: pointers stacks waves

  10. pointers • Point elsewhere and cut off discussion • Range of queries • Point to existing resources on Websites or list(s) archives

  11. stacks • Queries considered acceptable, but novel • Short/ ‘me too’ • List as means to generate/consolidate

  12. waves • Excruciating… to read & follow • Deconstruction of list, postings, posters, language used • ‘Breakdown’

  13. Study of mailing list consolidation

  14. Study of mailing list • What does the network of subscribers do? interact and consolidate • How is this different from non-networked scholarly practices? • Distributed work • Visibility of sources drawn upon from network • Differentiation of network of creation (list) and dissemination (webpage)

  15. Network as practice • What does a network look like when defined as a practice, rather than as an infrastructure? http://www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/

  16. Network as practice What do these differences between networking and networks tell us about innovation and the scope of change in the humanities and qualitative social sciences? • Configuration of list and users aligned to specific forms of ‘building’ • Network is built for efficiency of transmission of messages: makes it more difficult to have conversation in which timing matters, and easier to have ‘stack’ kinds of interactions • Importance of boundary keeping in network • Activity of moderator important for keeping focus, need to modulate the technical openness of the system so as not to dilute purpose of network • Use and intersection of multiple networks • Contributors use own systems and report to list • Materials from list get used for consolidated pages on the website: points to importance of carrying materials across these networks, the importance of ‘cut and paste’ as translational practice across networks; awareness of expertise of closed group in relation to openness of website.

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