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Light Structure in the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE). Presented by: Lindsay Poirier Science and Technology Studies Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute With thanks to co-authors Dominic DiFranzo and Kristine Gloria.
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Light Structure in the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE) Presented by: Lindsay Poirier Science and Technology Studies Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute With thanks to co-authors Dominic DiFranzo and Kristine Gloria
Tensions of Structure Computer Scientist View Ethnographer View • Structure needed for: • Putting data somewhere • Data discoverability • Data integration • Over-structuration can: • Lock into a single mode of theorizing • Organize contradictions and competing epistemologies out of the content
Example: Disaster Science and Technology Studies Network Artifact Example Artifact: Bhopal on the Mississippi? • A document, image, audio file, video, or link with critical commentary • All artifacts are classified the same • No hierarchies • Anyone can tag the artifact • Tag list meant to be long and are permitted to contradict