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Geoffrey C. Bowker
Researcher at Santa Clara University
Publications - 86
Citations - 8984
Geoffrey C. Bowker is an academic researcher from Santa Clara University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cyberinfrastructure & Information infrastructure. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 83 publications receiving 8728 citations. Previous affiliations of Geoffrey C. Bowker include Keele University & University of California, San Diego.
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Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences
TL;DR: In Sorting Things Out, Bowker and Star as mentioned in this paper explore the role of categories and standards in shaping the modern world and examine how categories are made and kept invisible, and how people can change this invisibility when necessary.
Understanding Infrastructure: Dynamics, Tensions, and Design
TL;DR: The history and theory of infrastructure: Lessons for New Scientific Cyberinfrastructures workshop as mentioned in this paper was the first workshop devoted to the history and the theory of Infrastructure in the context of cyber-physical networks.
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The multiple bodies of the medical record : Toward a sociology of an artifact
Marc Berg,Geoffrey C. Bowker +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the medical record is an important focus for sociological research and that the record fulfills a core role in the production of a body politic.
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Introduction: An Agenda for Infrastructure Studies
TL;DR: This research highlights the need to understand more fully the role of social media in the decision-making process and the role that social media plays in the development of knowledge and social media etiquette.
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Promoting Access to Public Research Data for Scientific, Economic, and Social Development
Peter Arzberger,Peter Schroeder,Anne Beaulieu,Geoffrey C. Bowker,Kathleen Casey,Leif Laaksonen,David Moorman,Paul F. Uhlir,Paul Wouters +8 more
TL;DR: The authors present their research findings, based closely on their report to OECD, on key issues in data access, as well as operating principles and management aspects necessary to successful data access regimes.