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Light Structure in the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE)

This presentation discusses the use of the PECE platform for experimental collaborative ethnography, emphasizing the importance of light structure for data organization, discoverability, and integration. It highlights the tensions of structure from computer scientist and ethnographer perspectives, advocating for avoiding over-structuration that may limit theorizing and obscure contradictions. Practical examples are provided, including the Disaster Science and Technology Studies Network Artifact on Bhopal on the Mississippi, showcasing non-hierarchical classification and open tagging. Presented by Lindsay Poirier from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with co-authors Dominic DiFranzo and Kristine Gloria.

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Light Structure in the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE)

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  1. Light Structure in the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE) Presented by: Lindsay Poirier Science and Technology Studies Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute With thanks to co-authors Dominic DiFranzo and Kristine Gloria

  2. Ethnography and leveraging “explanatory pluralism”

  3. Tensions of Structure Computer Scientist View Ethnographer View • Structure needed for: • Putting data somewhere • Data discoverability • Data integration • Over-structuration can: • Lock into a single mode of theorizing • Organize contradictions and competing epistemologies out of the content

  4. Example: Disaster Science and Technology Studies Network Artifact Example Artifact: Bhopal on the Mississippi? • A document, image, audio file, video, or link with critical commentary • All artifacts are classified the same • No hierarchies • Anyone can tag the artifact • Tag list meant to be long and are permitted to contradict

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