Data Infrastructures in Ecology: An Infrastructure Studies Perspective

Millerand, Florence et Baker, Karen (2020). « Data Infrastructures in Ecology: An Infrastructure Studies Perspective ». Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science.

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The development of information infrastructures that make ecological research data available has increased in recent years, contributing to fundamental changes in ecological research. Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the subfield of Infrastructure Studies, which aims at informing infrastructures’ design, use, and maintenance from a social science point of view, provide conceptual tools for understanding data infrastructures in ecology. This perspective moves away from the language of engineering, with its discourse on physical structures and systems, to use a lexicon more “social” than “technical” to understand data infrastructures in their informational, sociological, and historical dimensions. It takes a holistic approach that addresses not only the needs of ecological research but also the diversity and dynamics of data, data work, and data management. STS research, having focused for some time on studying scientific practices, digital devices, and information systems, is expanding to investigate new kinds of data infrastructures and their interdependencies across the data landscape. In ecology, data sharing and data infrastructures create new responsibilities that require scientists to engage in opportunities to plan, experiment, learn, and reshape data arrangements. STS and Infrastructure Studies scholars are suggesting that ecologists as well as data specialists and social scientists would benefit from active partnerships to ensure the growth of data infrastructures that effectively support scientific investigative processes in the digital era.

Type:	Article de revue scientifique
Mots-clés ou Sujets:	environmental, data infrastructure, science and technology studies, infrastructure studies, infrastructuring, design, data work, data management.
Unité d'appartenance:	Centres institutionnels > Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Faculté de communication > Département de communication sociale et publique
Déposé par:	Florence Millerand
Date de dépôt:	04 mai 2021 10:01
Dernière modification:	04 mai 2021 10:01
Adresse URL :	http://archipel.uqam.ca/id/eprint/14228

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