Title
The value of data: considering the context of production in data economies
Abstract
In this paper we argue that how scientific collaborations share data is bound up in the ways in which they produce and acquire that data. We draw on ethnographic work with two robotic space exploration teams to show how each community's norms of "data-sharing" are best understood as arising not from the context of the use or exchange of data, but from the context of data production. Shifting our perspective back to the point of production suggests that digital artifacts are embedded in a broader data economy. We present implications for analysis of data in interactional context, and for introducing systems or policies that conflict with the value of data in its context of production.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1958824.1958906
CSCW
Keywords
Field
DocType
interactional context,ethnographic work,scientific collaborations share data,robotic space exploration team,digital artifact,data production,broader data economy,present implication
Data analysis,Computer science,Data sharing,Knowledge management,Digital artifact,Economy,Space exploration,Ethnography
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
27
1.21
15
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Janet Vertesi143428.69
Paul Dourish28020900.72