The value of data: considering the context of production in data economies
J Vertesi, P Dourish - Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
J Vertesi, P Dourish
Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work, 2011•dl.acm.orgIn this paper we argue that how scientific collaborations share data is bound up in the ways
in which they produce and acquire that data. We draw on ethnographic work with two robotic
space exploration teams to show how each community's norms of" data-sharing" are best
understood as arising not from the context of the use or exchange of data, but from the
context of data production. Shifting our perspective back to the point of production suggests
that digital artifacts are embedded in a broader data economy. We present implications for …
in which they produce and acquire that data. We draw on ethnographic work with two robotic
space exploration teams to show how each community's norms of" data-sharing" are best
understood as arising not from the context of the use or exchange of data, but from the
context of data production. Shifting our perspective back to the point of production suggests
that digital artifacts are embedded in a broader data economy. We present implications for …
In this paper we argue that how scientific collaborations share data is bound up in the ways in which they produce and acquire that data. We draw on ethnographic work with two robotic space exploration teams to show how each community's norms of "data-sharing" are best understood as arising not from the context of the use or exchange of data, but from the context of data production. Shifting our perspective back to the point of production suggests that digital artifacts are embedded in a broader data economy. We present implications for analysis of data in interactional context, and for introducing systems or policies that conflict with the value of data in its context of production.