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How to follow the information? a study of informational mobilities in crises. / Buscher, Monika; Liegl, Michael; Perng, Sung-Yueh et al.
In: Sociologica, Vol. 2014, No. 1, 01.2014, p. 1-37.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - How to follow the information?
T2 - a study of informational mobilities in crises
AU - Buscher, Monika
AU - Liegl, Michael
AU - Perng, Sung-Yueh
AU - Wood, Lisa
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - This article discusses mobile methods of “following the information” to contribute to a new politics of sociological method and inform the development of new design philosophies for information technologies. The approach is motivated by the increasing informationalization of everyday life in general and crisis management in particular. At this juncture social and political principles of privacy and solidarity are being transformed in ways that undermine fundamental values of equality and freedom. Crisis management is a particularly important site for such transformations. By showcasing different ways in which we have followed information in different crisis management settings through tracking, retrospective go-alongs, shadowing and tracing, we show how technologies designed with the ambition to enable “direct interconnection,” “one stop” access and “collect-all” ambitions eliminate control for many data subjects. The studies we present contribute to alternative information system design philosophies that actively support human sensory and social practices of making and making sense of data.
AB - This article discusses mobile methods of “following the information” to contribute to a new politics of sociological method and inform the development of new design philosophies for information technologies. The approach is motivated by the increasing informationalization of everyday life in general and crisis management in particular. At this juncture social and political principles of privacy and solidarity are being transformed in ways that undermine fundamental values of equality and freedom. Crisis management is a particularly important site for such transformations. By showcasing different ways in which we have followed information in different crisis management settings through tracking, retrospective go-alongs, shadowing and tracing, we show how technologies designed with the ambition to enable “direct interconnection,” “one stop” access and “collect-all” ambitions eliminate control for many data subjects. The studies we present contribute to alternative information system design philosophies that actively support human sensory and social practices of making and making sense of data.
KW - Informationalization
KW - crisis management
KW - mobile methods
KW - privacy
KW - social sorting
U2 - 10.2383/77044
DO - 10.2383/77044
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2014
SP - 1
EP - 37
JO - Sociologica
JF - Sociologica
SN - 1971-8853
IS - 1
ER -