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CHIMERA WORKING PAPER NUMBER: 2006-13
CWP-2006-13-EDKM-Final-Data-Report.doc
Entangled Data: Knowledge & Community making in E(Social) Science Final Data Report
Chimera Working Paper Number: 2006-13
Samuelle CarlsonBen Anderson
Chimera, University of Essex, UK
Email address of corresponding author: benander@essex.ac.ukThis report documents and interprets the diverse data collected during the ESRC eSocial ScienceSmall Grant project ‘Entangled Data: Knowledge & Community making in E (Social) Science’ (EDKM).It provides background information to the project, the aims and objectives and an overview of theresearch methods used. Based on the four case studies the report gives a detailed account of theresults, findings and implications. Sections of this report have been and will continue to bepublished as more complete and considered conference papers, workshop presentations and journalarticles.This research was supported the ESRC e-Social Science Programme funded ‘Entangled Data andKnowledge’ project, RES-149-25-1002 - http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/projects/edkm/
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Carlson, S. and Anderson, B (2006),
Entangled Data: Knowledge & Community making in E (Social) ScienceFinal Data Report
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Table of Contents1
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................4
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Objectives..........................................................................................................................................................6
3
Fieldsites and methods...................................................................................................................................6
4
E-nabling data: likely impacts on data, methods and expertise..............................................................9
4.1
Born digital Vs multimedia legacy data......................................................................................................9
4.2
Codified abstract forms Vs tacit knowledge.............................................................................................10
4.3
Some implications of disconnecting data from people?.........................................................................12
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Making data retrievable and comparable: technical and semantic standards....................................17
5.1
With whom?...............................................................................................................................................17
5.2
For whom?.................................................................................................................................................17
5.3
Decided by whom?....................................................................................................................................18
5.4
Different approaches to metadata............................................................................................................19
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Communities and collaboratories: can collaborative management tools be transferred tointeractions with and amongst users?..............................................................................................................21
6.1
Relationships at the basis of e-collaborative projects.............................................................................21
6.2
Different technologies to answer different kinds/phases of collaboration.............................................24
6.3
Interactions with and amongst users.......................................................................................................27
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The impacts of e-Science on existing structures of authority/expertise.............................................29
7.1
New forms of measurement; new forms of collective creation of knowledge?.....................................29
7.2
Increasing fragmentation..........................................................................................................................30
7.3
Technology as social agent?....................................................................................................................32
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Conclusions....................................................................................................................................................34
8.1
E-nabling data: likely impacts on data, methods and expertise.............................................................34
8.2
Making data retrievable and comparable: technical and semantic standards......................................35
8.3
Communities and collaboratories.............................................................................................................35
8.4
The impacts of e-Science on existing structures of authority/expertise................................................36
8.5
Final comment...........................................................................................................................................36
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Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................................37
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References.....................................................................................................................................................38
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