Abstract
AbstractThis chapter discusses the paradoxical position that expertise has come to occupy nowadays, as it is both ubiquitous and very much challenged. It highlights how the Internet has contributed to these developments and provides a brief overview of the main theoretical perspectives developed on expertise in science and technology studies (STS). A new conceptualization of expertise is subsequently put forward. It is suggested that expertise is a practical achievement, realized though coordination and affective labor among stakeholders who occupy multiple and shifting positions across a complex ecosystem.
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore