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Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science

Published:2023-10-31 Issue:3 Volume:49 Page:499-517
ISSN:2297-8348
Container-title:Swiss Journal of Sociology
language:en
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Author:

Prietl Bianca¹,Raible Stefanie²

Affiliation:

1. 1 University of Basel , Center for Gender Studies , Basel

2. 2 Johannes Kepler University Linz , Institute of Sociology , Linz

Abstract

Abstract This article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development, we try to understand current transformations in knowledge production within digital academia and beyond. Drawing on qualitative interviews with data science scholars, we identify five lines of demarcation in claiming universal epistemic authority. This boundary work is characterized by multiple tensions and varies depending upon context and counterpart, making it inherently relational.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Environmental Engineering

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/sjs-2023-0024

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