Information and Knowledge

Malik, Suhail

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“…The concept of narrative and selective information fits with Malik's definition of information as "a situated event, an event that generates meaning in a system or for an organization" [7] (p. 34). Information exists in a particular context of time and place.…”

Section: Selective Information: a Model Of Narrative Creationmentioning

confidence: 87%

Meaning, Selection & Narrative: The Information We See and the Information We Don’t

Ramage

2017

Proceedings of the IS4SI 2017 Summit DIGITALISATION FOR a SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY, Gothenburg, Sweden, 12–16 June 2017.

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In a world that is highly saturated by data, sifting it and making sense of it has become increasingly important. A key mechanism for this process is narrative-the stories we tell about the world, whether in terms of politics or technology, which enable us to select information that we see as important. Yet narratives are highly contested and multiple. This article discusses the dynamics of narrative creation, via a process of selective information, arguing that this leads some people to see particular data as crucial information, while leading others to ignore it completely.

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Section: Selective Information: a Model Of Narrative Creationmentioning

confidence: 87%

Meaning, Selection & Narrative: The Information We See and the Information We Don’t

Ramage

2017

Proceedings of the IS4SI 2017 Summit DIGITALISATION FOR a SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY, Gothenburg, Sweden, 12–16 June 2017.

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“…Alba can be seen as an offspring of cultural articulations like Shelley's Frankenstein and Huxley's Brave New World . More recent productions like Gattaca and Jurassic Park have contributed to the public discussion on genetic determinism and surveillance, as well as cloning (Turney, ; Kirby, ; Malik, ). These familiar narratives operate as powerful ethical tropes in public debates (Hamilton, : 269).…”

Section: Genetic Art In a Cultural Contextmentioning

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Imagination Laboratory: Making Sense of Bio-Objects in Contemporary Genetic Art

Holmberg

Ideland

2016

The Sociological Review

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Public engagement in biotechnology has declined as cloning, genetic engineering and regenerative medicine have become socially and culturally normalized. Zooming in on existing bio-technological debates, this article turns to contemporary genetic art as sites for ethical reflections. Art can be viewed as an "imagination laboratory", a space through which un-framing and rupturing of contemporary rationalities are facilitated, and, in addition, enabling sense-making and offering fantastic connections otherwise not articulated. In this article, the framework of "bio-objectification" is enriched with Bennett's (2001) notion of enchantment and the importance of wonder and openness to the unusual, in order to highlight alternative matters of concern than articulated through conventional politico-moral discourse.Drawing on a cultural sociological analysis of Eduardo Kac's "Edunia", Lucy Glendinning's "Feather child", Patricia Piccinini's "Still life with stem cells" and Heather Dewey-Hagborg's "Stranger visions", we discuss how the intermingling of art, science, critics, art historians, science fiction, internet, and physical space, produce a variety of attachments that this article will unpack. The article demonstrates that while some modern boundaries and rationalities are highlighted and challenged through the "imagination laboratory" of the art process, others are left untouched.

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“…In an unexpected research convergence, I found that if confession leans toward episteme, testimoni leans more toward techne; it seems to be a “crafty knowledge” (Boellstorff 2008b) working to change an audience. Recalling theories of the postmodern, it is an “instrumentalization” of knowledge (Malik 2005:31; see Lyotard 1984) but one that does not thereby depersonalize the knowledge or information in question. Its effectivity remains sutured to the testifying subject, but in an asymptomatic fashion: Biographical details need not be present.…”

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Nuri's testimony: HIV/AIDS in Indonesia and bare knowledge

Boellstorff¹

2009

American Ethnologist

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As an epidemic that has emerged since the 1980s, still has no cure, and may bear no symptoms, HIV/AIDS is powerfully linked to questions of knowledge. In this article, I explore intersections of HIV/AIDS and knowledge by drawing from ethnographic and activist work with an HIV/AIDS nonprofit organization in Indonesia that focuses on gay men and warias (roughly, male transvestites). In particular, I look at testimony, a form of knowledge production differing from confession in that it emphasizes form over content. Examining testimony with regard to persons living with AIDS, I show how it produces a “bare” or “asymptomatic” knowledge that may cast light on broader dynamics of epistemology, selfhood, and belonging. [HIV/AIDS, Indonesia, gay men, transgenderism, knowledge, emotion, nonprofit organizations]

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Information and Knowledge

Cited by 5 publications

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Meaning, Selection & Narrative: The Information We See and the Information We Don’t

Meaning, Selection & Narrative: The Information We See and the Information We Don’t

Imagination Laboratory: Making Sense of Bio-Objects in Contemporary Genetic Art

Nuri's testimony: HIV/AIDS in Indonesia and bare knowledge

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