Perspectives on Paradata

This open access book examines a rapidly 'datafied' society, reminding us that it is crucial to know what data is about and where it originates. This insight has led to an embryonic stage of new theorizing, empirical research, and the formation of new technologies, standards, practices, and concepts to ensure the availability of adequate 'paradata' data on the making and processing of data. This edited volume aims to provide a cross-disciplinary overview of perspectives on the concept and phenomenon of paradata and its implications for research and practice.

Presents the first interdisplinary volume on paradata Includes several examples of paradata and how it can be useful Offers conceptual advancement and practical insights This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Autorentext

Isto Huvila is a professor in Information Studies at the Department of ALM, Uppsala University in Sweden. Prof. Huvila chaired the recently closed COST Action ARKWORK and is directing the ERC-funded research project CAPTURE. His primary areas of research include information and knowledge management, information work, knowledge organization, documentation, and social and participatory information practices.

Dr. Lisa Andersson works as a researcher at the Department of ALM at Uppsala University in Sweden. Her research focuses on research information including research information management systems, data descriptions, data publishing, and use.

Dr. Olle Sköld is a senior lecturer at the Department of ALM and the director of Uppsala University's Master's Programme in Digital Humanities. His research is characterized by a broad interest in the ALM field, research data creation and use, and digital humanities.

Klappentext

This open access book examines a rapidly 'datafied' society, reminding us that it is crucial to know what data is about and where it originates. This insight has led to an embryonic stage of new theorizing, empirical research, and the formation of new technologies, standards, practices, and concepts to ensure the availability of adequate 'paradata' - data on the making and processing of data. This edited volume aims to provide a cross-disciplinary overview of perspectives on the concept and phenomenon of paradata and its implications for research and practice.

Inhalt

1. An introduction to paradata.- 2. Paradata in surveys.- 3. Making research code useful paradata.- 4. A leap of faith: Revisiting paradata in 3D scholarship.- 5. Dustings of paradata as pedagogical support at four archaeological field-school sites.- 6. Towards Embodied Paradata. A diffractive art/archaeology approach.- 7. Mapping accessions to repositories data: A case study in paradata.- 8. Paradata for digitization processes and digital scholarly editions.- 9. Reconstructing provenance in long-lived data systems: the challenge of paradata capture in memory institution collection databases.- 10. Paradata in Emergency Services Communications Systems.- 11. The Role of Paradata in Algorithmic Accountability.- 12. Adding paradata about records processes via Information Control Plans.- 13. Paradata as a tool for legal analysis Utilising data-on-data related processes.-14. Concluding discussion: Paradata for information and knowledge management.