Unfolding frictions in database projects

The article reports on social studies of databases in human and social sciences that join studies on research infrastructures. Despite significant theoretical differences between these studies, four main directions of analysis are highlighted. It then examines three issues raised by the case of rese...

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Main Authors: Florian Jaton, Dominique Vinck
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Société d'Anthropologie des Connaissances 2016-12-01
Series:Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rac/2277
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Summary:The article reports on social studies of databases in human and social sciences that join studies on research infrastructures. Despite significant theoretical differences between these studies, four main directions of analysis are highlighted. It then examines three issues raised by the case of research databases and digital data collections in HSS before drawing attention to the frictions that arise during the database development process.
ISSN:1760-5393