Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing
Archeological research depends on a complex infrastructure of information systems and services built on different funding models. The information systems enable innovative approaches and progress in information making, but each system also organizes information by means of the system design, the str...
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| description | Archeological research depends on a complex infrastructure of information systems and services built on different funding models. The information systems enable innovative approaches and progress in information making, but each system also organizes information by means of the system design, the structures, and relations established and the terminologies promoted. This article adopts a knowledge infrastructural perspective on systems used for information sharing in archeology. The purpose is first to expand the perspective on the systems for research information sharing in archeology and second to discuss the potential impact of the knowledge infrastructure on disciplinary knowledge-making, the shaping of archeological information, and legacy data. Based on an analysis of qualitative interviews (N = 31) with archeologists from Europe and the United States, the results show that the interviewees use sharing solutions developed within the archeology discipline as well as general information sharing systems. One important task for further research is to better understand how archeologists choose information sharing systems and how their choices impact what information they share. Also, information sharing for specific topics or with specific coverage appears to be developed with project funding outside of the more established sharing institutions. A key question for the infrastructural sustainability is how to support the inclusion of innovative sharing solutions in institutionalized sharing environments. The results emphasize the need for further studies of how information systems shape archeological legacy in the making, which in turn will support data literacy awareness and training. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a5c1d40c906433bb03c539ea953988d2022-12-21T21:39:49ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602021-12-01711636164710.1515/opar-2020-0213Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information SharingBörjesson Lisa0Department of ALM, Uppsala University, Box 625, SE-751 26 Uppsala, SwedenArcheological research depends on a complex infrastructure of information systems and services built on different funding models. The information systems enable innovative approaches and progress in information making, but each system also organizes information by means of the system design, the structures, and relations established and the terminologies promoted. This article adopts a knowledge infrastructural perspective on systems used for information sharing in archeology. The purpose is first to expand the perspective on the systems for research information sharing in archeology and second to discuss the potential impact of the knowledge infrastructure on disciplinary knowledge-making, the shaping of archeological information, and legacy data. Based on an analysis of qualitative interviews (N = 31) with archeologists from Europe and the United States, the results show that the interviewees use sharing solutions developed within the archeology discipline as well as general information sharing systems. One important task for further research is to better understand how archeologists choose information sharing systems and how their choices impact what information they share. Also, information sharing for specific topics or with specific coverage appears to be developed with project funding outside of the more established sharing institutions. A key question for the infrastructural sustainability is how to support the inclusion of innovative sharing solutions in institutionalized sharing environments. The results emphasize the need for further studies of how information systems shape archeological legacy in the making, which in turn will support data literacy awareness and training.https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0213archeological dataresearch data managementinformation systemsinformation sharingknowledge infrastructuresarcheological management |
| spellingShingle | Börjesson Lisa Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing Open Archaeology archeological data research data management information systems information sharing knowledge infrastructures archeological management |
| title | Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing |
| title_full | Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing |
| title_fullStr | Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing |
| title_short | Legacy in the Making – A Knowledge Infrastructural Perspective on Systems for Archeological Information Sharing |
| title_sort | legacy in the making a knowledge infrastructural perspective on systems for archeological information sharing |
| topic | archeological data research data management information systems information sharing knowledge infrastructures archeological management |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0213 |
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