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<p>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.</p>
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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.

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

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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This article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development,...

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

Publié en ligne: 31 oct. 2023

Pages: 499 - 517

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0024

Mots clés
Data science, academic institutionalization, discursive boundary work, epistemic authority

© 2023 Bianca Prietl et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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

Publié en ligne: 31 oct. 2023

Pages: 499 - 517

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0024

Mots clésData science, academic institutionalization, discursive boundary work, epistemic authority

© 2023 Bianca Prietl et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Data science, academic institutionalization, discursive boundary work, epistemic authority