Beyond Boundary Objects and Immutable Mobiles - New Ways of Thinking about the Movement of Knowledge I: Theoretical Perspectives of Knowledge

Session Submission Type: Open Panel

Abstract

Knowledge has been a central focus in Science and Technology Studies for quite some time, in particular its production and dissemination. To talk about the latter, STS scholars have developed concepts like boundary objects, immutable mobiles, and trading zones; concepts that draw attention to the knowledge objects that offer flexibility or stability or are being exchanged. This open panel explores new and other ways of in detail tracing the everyday practices, structures, and relations that make knowledge travel from one site to another. This session adresses important theoretical perspectives of knowledge.

Sub Unit

• Papers for Open Panels / Beyond boundary objects and immutable mobiles: new ways of thinking about the movement of knowledge

Individual Presentations

• Where Everyone and Everything is a Boundary Object - Yasunori Hayashi, Charles Darwin University

• Digitising Language Practices - Boundary Objects in the Movement of Knowledge - Cathy Bow, Charles Darwin University

• User-Generated Content as a Sandbox for STEM Education - Rich Gazan, University of Hawaii

• A Non-Representational Description of the Craft Practice of Wire-Bending - Vernelle A Noel, Georgia Institute Of Technology

Session Organizer

• Jenny Gleisner, Department of Thematic Studies - Technology and Social Change, Linköping University