Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science
This article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development, we try to understand current transformations in knowledge production within digital academia and beyond. Drawing on qualitative interviews w...
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| description | This article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development, we try to understand current transformations in knowledge production within digital academia and beyond. Drawing on qualitative interviews with data science scholars, we identify five lines of demarcation in claiming universal epistemic authority. This boundary work is characterized by multiple tensions and varies depending upon context and counterpart, making it inherently relational. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4699cc15be054c5c872f51eb1036a7332023-11-06T07:14:56ZdeuSciendoSwiss Journal of Sociology2297-83482023-11-0149349951710.2478/sjs-2023-0024Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data SciencePrietl Bianca0Raible Stefanie11University of Basel, Center for Gender Studies, CH-4051Basel2Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute of Sociology, A-4040LinzThis article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development, we try to understand current transformations in knowledge production within digital academia and beyond. Drawing on qualitative interviews with data science scholars, we identify five lines of demarcation in claiming universal epistemic authority. This boundary work is characterized by multiple tensions and varies depending upon context and counterpart, making it inherently relational.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0024data scienceacademic institutionalizationdiscursive boundary workepistemic authority |
| spellingShingle | Prietl Bianca Raible Stefanie Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science Swiss Journal of Sociology data science academic institutionalization discursive boundary work epistemic authority |
| title | Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science |
| title_full | Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science |
| title_fullStr | Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science |
| title_full_unstemmed | Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science |
| title_short | Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science |
| title_sort | claiming universal epistemic authority relational boundary work and the academic institutionalization of data science |
| topic | data science academic institutionalization discursive boundary work epistemic authority |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0024 |
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