Skip to content Skip to navigation
University of Warwick
  • Study
  • |
  • Research
  • |
  • Business
  • |
  • Alumni
  • |
  • News
  • |
  • About

University of Warwick
Publications service & WRAP

Highlight your research

  • WRAP
    • Home
    • Search WRAP
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse WRAP by Year
    • Browse WRAP by Subject
    • Browse WRAP by Department
    • Browse WRAP by Funder
    • Browse Theses by Department
  • Publications Service
    • Home
    • Search Publications Service
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse Publications service by Year
    • Browse Publications service by Subject
    • Browse Publications service by Department
    • Browse Publications service by Funder
  • Help & Advice
University of Warwick

The Library

  • Login
  • Admin

From indicators to indicating interdisciplinarity : a participatory mapping methodology for research communities in-the-making

Tools
- Tools
+ Tools

Marres, Noortje and de Rijcke, Sarah (2020) From indicators to indicating interdisciplinarity : a participatory mapping methodology for research communities in-the-making. Quantitative Science Studies, 1 (3). pp. 1041-1055. doi:10.1162/qss_a_00062 ISSN 2641-3337.

[img]
Preview
PDF
WRAP-from-indicators-indicating-interdisciplinarity-participatory-mapping-methodology-research-communities-in-the-making-Marres-2020.pdf - Publisher's Proof Version - Requires a PDF viewer.
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Download (391Kb) | Preview
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00062

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

This article discusses a project under development called “Inventing Indicators of Interdisciplinarity,” as an example of work in methodology development that combines quantitative methods with interpretative approaches in social and cultural research. Key to our project is the idea that Science and Technology Indicators do not only have representative value, enabling empirical insight into fields of research and innovation, but simultaneously have organizing capacity, as their deployment enables the curation of communities of interpretation. We begin with a discussion of concepts and methods for the analysis of interdisciplinarity in Science and Technology Studies (STS) and scientometrics, stressing that both fields recognize that interdisciplinarity is contested. To make possible a constructive exploration of interdisciplinarity as a contested—and transformative—phenomenon, we sketch out a methodological framework for the development and deployment of “engaging indicators.” We characterize this methodology of indicating as participatory, abductive, interactive, and informed by design, and emphasize that the method is inherently combinatory, as it brings together approaches from scientometrics, STS, and humanities research. In a final section, we test the potential of our approach in a pilot study of interdisciplinarity in AI, and offer reflections on digital mapping as a pathway towards indicating interdisciplinarity.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GA Mathematical geography. Cartography
Q Science > Q Science (General)
T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Digital mapping, Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge, Interdisciplinary research , Science and the humanities -- Research, Science indicators , Technology indicators
Journal or Publication Title: Quantitative Science Studies
Publisher: M I T Press
ISSN: 2641-3337
Official Date: 1 September 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
1 September 2020Published
29 June 2020Available
29 April 2020Accepted
Volume: 1
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 1041-1055
DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00062
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
JES no. 6467Alan Turing Institutehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012338

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics

twitter

Email us: wrap@warwick.ac.uk
Contact Details
About Us