Making sense of the past: The embodied information practices of field archaeologists

Olsson, Michael

doi:10.1177/0165551515621839

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“…While the present study's approach is broadly in agreement with Stebbins' definition, our own previous research, which focused on embodied knowledge and ways of knowing (Lloyd, , ; Olsson, , ), suggests that the serious leisure approach alone does not provide sufficient theoretical tools to allow an in‐depth understanding of how enthusiasts become connected to others, access expertise that is built up over time, and in turn become embodied in their hobby or leisure pursuit.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Practice theory has been cited and employed as a theoretical frame by a number of authors in the LIS field (for example, Cox et al, ; Lloyd, ; Olsson, ; Pilerot, ; Savolainen, ). These works draw from first‐wave interests (Bourdieu, ; Giddens, ) and second‐wave, which feature both ontological approaches (Schatzki, ; Kemmis & Grootenboer, ; Reckwitz, 2002) and epistemological approaches (Feldman & Orlikowski, ; Gherardi, , ; Lave & Wenger, ; Nicolini, ).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concept of embodiment is also central to a conceptualization of practice and is explored across numerous disciplines and fields. In LIS, it has relevance to research related to information literacy and ways of knowing (Lloyd, ), information practices (Gorichanaz, ; Lindh, ; Lloyd, 2007; Olsson, , Veinot, ), information behavior (Lueg, ), and human–computer interaction (Dourish, ). A recent special edition of the Journal of Documentation (Cox; Griffin & Hartel, 2017) has highlighted the centrality of the embodied experience and questioned why this aspect of information research has been neglected, echoing Lloyd's () claim that insufficient attention is paid to the body which exists as an absent presence in our current theorizing about the information experience (Lloyd, ; Shilling, ).…”

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Untangling the knot: The information practices of enthusiast car restorers

Lloyd

Olsson

2019

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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A study of enthusiast car restorers is used to illustrate how an information practice approach can provide information science researchers with a richer, more nuanced understanding of the complex interrelationship between people, technology, and information. An ethnographic approach incorporating both semistructured interviews and in the garage ethnographic observation was employed. Analysis was undertaken using an inductive, thematic approach. The findings demonstrate that participants' information environments are rich and complex. Participants' accounts emphasized the corporeal and embodied nature of the restoration process, and this may account for why they privileged the social networks they had developed, often over many decades, over online resources and communities. The findings indicate that participants are engaged in much more than applied problem solving. What is also evident is that engagement in the social world of car restoration, and the networks of social knowledge sharing it affords, is significant for the emotional support it provides for older men who often lose these networks later in life. In a sense, the participants are not only rebuilding their cars but also their own sense of self.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Untangling the knot: The information practices of enthusiast car restorers

Lloyd

Olsson

2019

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“…Additionally information scientists direct attention to archaeological documentation (e.g. Börjesson, 2015;Huvila, 2006;Olsson, 2015). Research on archaeological documentation covers textual, visual and physical representations of archaeology (Gardin, 1980;Hodder, 1989;Lucas, 2012;Moser, 2012;Nordbladh, 2012;Pavel, 2010).…”

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Beyond information policy

Börjesson

2016

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore and explicate documentation ideals parallel to information policy, and by means of this analysis demonstrate how the concept "documentation ideals" is an analytical tool for engaging with political and institutional contexts of information practices. Design/methodology/approach -The paper is based on a case study of documentation ideals in a debate about quality in archaeological documentation. The methodology draws on idea analysis, and on the science and technology studies' controversy studies approach. Findings -The paper explicates three documentation ideals, how these ideals allocate responsibility for documentation to different actors, how the ideals assign roles to practitioners, and how the ideals point to different beneficiaries of the documentation. Furthermore, the analysis highlights ideas about two different means to reach the documentation ideals. Research limitations/implications -The case's debate reflects opinions of Northern European professionals.Social implications -The paper illuminates how documentation ideals tweak and even contest formal information policy in claims on the documentation and on the practitioners doing documentation. Originality/value -Documentation ideal analysis is crucial as a complement to formal information policy analysis and to analysis guided by practice theory in attempts to understand the contexts of information practices and documentation, insights central for developing information literacies.

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“…Emplacement is distinct from the concept of embodiment, and has yet to be characterized in detail within LIS. Interest in embodiment is increasing within our discipline, with a growing number of researchers drawing attention to the role of the body in people's information and knowledge experiences (e.g., recently, Cox, Griffin, & Hartel, 2017;Keilty, 2016;Lueg, 2015;Olsson, 2016;Olsson & Lloyd, 2017). While embodiment brings needed focus to the body, emplacement centres on the role of place in people's identities and experiences.…”

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Interviews that attend to emplacement: the “walk-through” method

Polkinghorne¹,

Given²,

Carlson³

2018

CAIS/ACSI

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Interviews that attend to emplacement: the "walk-through" method (Paper) AbstractWithin library and information studies (LIS), there is growing awareness of the role of the body and its surroundings in people's information and knowledge experiences. Predominant data collection methods, such as the sit-down interview, should be reexamined in light of this awareness. This paper examines interview methods theoretically and empirically. First, this paper introduces the concept of emplacement, the interrelationship of body, mind, and place, as a useful lens for challenging conventional interviewing practices. Second, this paper delineates the "walk-through" interview, which in a study of undergraduates' information behaviours prompted richer detail from participants than did "sit-down" interviews. Résumé

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Making sense of the past: The embodied information practices of field archaeologists

Cited by 64 publications

References 19 publications

Untangling the knot: The information practices of enthusiast car restorers

Untangling the knot: The information practices of enthusiast car restorers

Beyond information policy

Interviews that attend to emplacement: the “walk-through” method

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