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Abstract
STS scholars are engaging in collaborative research in order to study extended socio-technical phenomena. This article participates in discussions on methodography and inventive methods by reflecting on visualizations used both internally by a team of researchers and together with study participants. We describe how these devices for generating and transforming data were brought to our ethnographic inquiry into the formation of research infrastructures which we found to involve unwieldy and evolving phenomena. The visualizations are partial renderings of the object of inquiry, crafted and informed by 'configuration' as a method of assemblage that supports ethnographic study of contemporary socio-technical phenomena. We scrutinize our interdisciplinary bringing together of visualizing devices - timelines, collages, and sketches - and position them in the STS methods toolbox for inquiry and invention. These devices are key to investigating and engaging with the dynamics of configuring infrastructures intended to support scientific knowledge production. We conclude by observing how our three kinds of visualizing devices provide flexibility, comprehension and in(ter)ventive opportunities for study of and engagement with complex phenomena in-the-making.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 55-77 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Science and Technology Studies |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 15 Apr 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Sept 2021 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Visualizing devices
- configuration
- visualization practices of arts and design
- collaborative ethnography
- data generation and transformation
- complex phenomena in-the-making
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-: Laboratoriosta ja studiosta puutarhaan, metsään ja takaisin
Botero, A. (Principal investigator) & Dolejšová, M. (Project Member)
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2024
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding