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Information cosmopolitics : an actor-network theory approach to information practices /
Information Cosmopolitics explores interaction between nationalist and information sharing practices in academic communities with a view to understanding the potential impacts of these interactions. This book is also a resounding critique of existing theories and methods as well as the launching poi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waltham, MA :
Elsevier : Chandos Publishing,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Chandos information professional series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Information Cosmopolitics; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; About the author; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The bridge of civilisations; Rude awakening; The focus and structure of the book; 2 Theory and practice: Jumping between different frames of references; Many approaches to nationalism and cosmopolitanism; Space and time in studies on nationalism and cosmopolitanism; User-centred paradigm in research of information practices; Centrality of context; Gap between theory and practice.
- 3 Actor-network theory: An alternative approachActor, network, theory, without forgetting the hyphen; Sociology of associations; Deploying controversies; Stabilising controversies; Plugging into nationalism and cosmopolitanism; Information cosmopolitics; 4 Setting up the fieldwork; Following the actors in the field; Data collection; Episodic interviewing; Field notes; Questionnaire; Data validation; Study limitations; Following the actors: Latour's circulatory system; Mobilisation of the world; Autonomisation; Alliances; Public representation; Links and knots; Tracing the circulation.
- 5 The fieldworkMobilisation of the world; Autonomy; Alliances; Public representation; Links and knots; Summary; 6 Some patterns in participants' information practices; 7 Information cosmopolitics: A model of information practices; In-scription; De-scription; Contextualisation; Standardisation; Invitation to perplexity; 8 Propositions instead of conclusions: Yet another invitation to perplexity; References; Index.