Source Criticism as a Technology of Government in the Swedish Psychological Defence: The Impact of Humanistic Knowledge on Contemporary Security Policy

Bertilsson, Fredrik

doi:10.3390/h10010013

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“…By "text type" we refer to what is elsewhere termed "academic genres" (Berkenkotter et al, 2012) or "literatures of science" (Hicks, 2004). Thus, we use this notion to differentiate between text families based on their envisioned uses and publics as well as the conventions they consequently adhere to.…”

Section: Methodological Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sources of policy: Knowledge brokering in governmental reports

Salö,

Hammarfelt,

Nelhans

2023

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This chapter explores indirect, text-based knowledge brokering through a study of Swedish governmental reports, known as Statens offentliga utredningar (SOUs). To this end, we endeavor to gauge impact as knowledge uptake in their sources as displayed in their reference lists. Because SOUs are the outcome of commissions, we seek to position this feature of Swedish policymaking culture as an overlooked yet vital enabling condition for productive science–policy interaction where scholars and their knowledge can matter. However, doing so effectively requires a better understanding of the characteristics of impactful knowledge objects and the dynamics required to make them effective. Our analysis shows that the lion’s share of the references cited in the SOUs studied can be classified as gray literature and are published in Swedish. This suggests that scholars wanting to matter in a policy context may consider other routes besides the predominating genre of the peer-reviewed journal article in an English-language journal. Further implications of these findings are discussed vis-à-vis recent conceptualizations of agency in knowledge brokering as a lens through which to view collaborative impact in the future.

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Section: Methodological Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sources of policy: Knowledge brokering in governmental reports

Salö,

Hammarfelt,

Nelhans

2023

Preprint

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“…Kunskap kring källkritik har sedan 1990-talet tagits upp av svenska myndigheter i det psykologiska försvaret och har blivit vad jag i ett annat sammanhang har kallat för en regeringsteknologi. 53 Enskilda individers eget ansvar för att bedöma trovärdigheten hos olika och ofta okända källor har förtydligats. Diskussionerna kring källkritik samlar en stor mängd aktörer.…”

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Användbar humaniora: Textbedömning, argumentationsanalys och källkritik i den svenska försvarsforskningen och det psykologiska försvaret

Bertilsson

2023

Humaniora I Välfärdssamhället. Kunskapshistorier Om Efterkrigstiden

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Textbedömning, argumentationsanalysoch källkritik i den svenska försvarsforskningen och det psykologiska försvaret fredrik bertilssonMed internet och digitala medier har försvars-och säkerhetsproblem kring propaganda, vilseledande information och konspirationsteorier intensifierats. Det ställs i dag stora krav på enskilda personers förmåga att hantera och agera på information från många olika digitala källor. Förmågan att tolka texter, bilder och symboler, som är en grundbult i humanistisk utbildning och forskning, har under de senaste decennierna blivit avgöran de i ett informationslandskap som präglas av ovisshet och motstridiga uppgifter. Apropå kriget i Irak i början av 2000-talet påpekade exempelvis den dåvarande försvarsministern, Leni Björklund: "Man måste hela tiden ställa sig frågan -varifrån kommer den här informationen och varför kommer den just nu? Allt måste tolkas." 1 Det här kapitlet vägleds av ett intresse för hur humanistisk kunskap har gjorts användbar i det svenska försvaret i förhållande till informationsteknologiska landvinningar och nya former av så kallad informationspåverkan under slutet av 1900-talet. Informationspåverkan avser kort sagt användningen av (vilseledande) information i syfte att påverka den allmänna opinionen, demokratiska processer och det politiska beslutsfattandet.

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Valorizing the Humanities: Impact Stories, Acting Spaces, and Meandering Knowledge Flows

Perez Vico,

Sörlin,

Hanell

et al. 2023

Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management

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Despite its proven societal value, humanities knowledge tends to be marginalized in research policy; this has been a topic of debate for some time. In this chapter, we focus on the valorization of humanities knowledge, with the aim of comprehending the way this process engenders societal impact. We argue that historical impact stories offer an effective methodological approach for a deeper understanding of such valorization and its subsequent impact. Drawing on three humanities research cases from Sweden, we propose that valorization and impacts of humanities knowledge should be seen as processual and as influenced by societal actors who determine the premises and condition the somewhat unpredictable nature of such impacts. We introduce two concepts: (i) acting space, which involves access to collaborators, audiences, and channels that enable knowledge valorization, and (ii) meandering knowledge flows, which provides insight into the uneven and hard-to-predict nature of valorization. Through these concepts, we wish to provide a better and more nuanced understanding of how knowledge valorization in the humanities unfolds. By doing so, we hope to support humanities scholars to find ways of articulating their own modes of mattering.

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Source Criticism as a Technology of Government in the Swedish Psychological Defence: The Impact of Humanistic Knowledge on Contemporary Security Policy

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Sources of policy: Knowledge brokering in governmental reports

Sources of policy: Knowledge brokering in governmental reports

Användbar humaniora: Textbedömning, argumentationsanalys och källkritik i den svenska försvarsforskningen och det psykologiska försvaret

Valorizing the Humanities: Impact Stories, Acting Spaces, and Meandering Knowledge Flows

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