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Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Amina A. Abdu, Natascha Chtena   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic and epistemic pluralism in the sources of evidence informing international environmental science–policy platforms: lessons learnt from the IPBES values assessment

Global Sustainability
Non-technical summary This article examines the challenges and opportunities to integrate diverse sources of evidence in assessments produced by international platforms working at the science–policy interface.
Louise Guibrunet, David González-Jiménez, Gabriela Arroyo-Robles, Mariana Cantú-Fernández, Victoria Contreras, Daniela Flores Mendez, Arlen Valeria Ocampo Castrejón, Bosco Lliso, Ana Sofía Monroy-Sais, Tuyeni H. Mwampamba, Unai Pascual, Brigitte Baptiste, Mike Christie, Patricia Balvanera   +13 more
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Applied Epistemology and Understanding in Information Studies [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction. Applied epistemology allows information studies to benefit from developments in philosophy. In information studies, epistemic concepts are rarely considered in detail.
Gorichanaz, Tim
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A dancing bear, a colleague, or a sharpened toolbox? The cautious adoption of generative artificial intelligence technologies in digital humanities research

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping the research landscape and carries significant implications for Digital Humanities (DH), a field long intertwined with computational methods and technologies. This study examines how DH scholars are adopting and critically evaluating GenAI in their research. Drawing on an
Rongqian Ma, Meredith Dedema, Andrew Cox
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Knowledge, Unthinking the Brahminical

Caste
This article introduces a Dalit decolonial feminist standpoint as an epistemic and political framework that redefines feminist thought through four interrelated pillars.
Uthara Geetha
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Epistemics of African Music Performance: Navigating Knowledge, Tradition, and the Digital Frontier

African Musicology Online
African music traditions are profound epistemic systems, embodying knowledge, history, and spirituality. This paper explores the rich epistemologies inherent in these traditions and examines the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their study and ...
Amon Kipyegon Kirui, Mellitus N. Wanyama, Madimabe Geoff Mapaya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Labelling Framework for Probabilistic Argumentation

, 2018
The combination of argumentation and probability paves the way to new accounts of qualitative and quantitative uncertainty, thereby offering new theoretical and applicative opportunities.
Baroni, Pietro, Gao, Yang, Governatori, Guido, Riveret, Regis, Rotolo, Antonino, Sartor, Giovanni   +5 more
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Morgan Wofford, Claire Jordan, Andrea Thomer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scientific Antirealists Have Set Fire to Their Own Houses [PDF]

, 2017
Scientific antirealists run the argument from underconsideration against scientific realism. I argue that the argument from underconsideration backfires on antirealists’ positive philosophical theories, such as the contextual theory of explanation (van ...
Park, Seungbae
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