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Imagining E-Science beyond Computation

Imagining E-Science beyond Computation

Paul Wouters, Anne Beaulieu
ISBN13: 9781591407171|ISBN10: 1591407176|EISBN13: 9781591407195
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-717-1.ch003
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Wouters, Paul, and Anne Beaulieu. "Imagining E-Science beyond Computation." New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production: Understanding E-Science, edited by Christine Hine, IGI Global, 2006, pp. 48-70. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-717-1.ch003

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Wouters, P. & Beaulieu, A. (2006). Imagining E-Science beyond Computation. In C. Hine (Ed.), New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production: Understanding E-Science (pp. 48-70). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-717-1.ch003

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Wouters, Paul, and Anne Beaulieu. "Imagining E-Science beyond Computation." In New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production: Understanding E-Science, edited by Christine Hine, 48-70. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2006. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-717-1.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter problematizes the relation between the varied modes of knowledge production in the sciences and humanities, and the assumptions underlying the design of current e-science initiatives. Using the notion of “epistemic culture” to analyze various areas of scientific research practices, we show that current conceptions of e-science are firmly rooted in, and shaped by, computer science. This specificity limits the circulation of e-science approaches in other fields. We illustrate this using the case of women’s studies, a contrasting epistemic culture. A view of e-science through the analytic lens of epistemic cultures therefore illustrates the limitations of e-science and its potential to be reinvented.

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