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The archaeology of knowledge

Gary Gutting
- pp 227-260
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We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now as mentioned in this paper, and book is the window to open the new world.
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We may not be able to make you love reading, but archaeology of knowledge will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, more books you read more knowledge you know, but it can mean also the bore is full.

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Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research

TL;DR: Part 1: Social Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Text Analysis 1. Introduction 2. Texts, Social Events, and Social Practices 3. Intertextuality and Assumptions Part 2: Genres and Action 4. Genres 5. Meaning Relations between Sentences and Clauses 6. Discourses 8. Representations of Social Events Part 4: Styles and Identities 9. Modality and Evaluation 11. Conclusion
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A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems

TL;DR: A set of principles for the conduct and evaluation of interpretive field research in information systems is proposed, along with their philosophical rationale, and the usefulness of the principles is illustrated by evaluating three publishedinterpretive field studies drawn from the IS research literature.
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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.
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On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One

TL;DR: In this article, two such metaphors are identified: the acquisition metaphor and the participation metaphor, and their entailments are discussed and evaluated, and the question of theoretical unification of research on learning is addressed, wherein the purpose is to show how too great a devotion to one particular metaphor can lead to theoretical distortions and to undesirable practices.
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Knowledge-Based Innovation Systems and the Model of a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors combine the evolutionary perspective in economics with the reflexive turn from sociology to provide a richer understanding of how knowledge-based systems of innovation are shaped and reconstructed, whereas the institutional arrangements (e.g., national systems) can be expected to remain under reconstruction.
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Discourse, Power, and Governmentality. Social Movement Research with and beyond Foucault

TL;DR: This article applied Foucauldian thinking to social movement research and found that Foucault's theory can be used to specify crucial aspects such as resonance or actors' discursive constraints.
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A genealogical exploration of gendered genres in IT cultures

TL;DR: The argument is presented that IT culture is a masculine culture and that this denies the feminine voice, and a genealogy is developed, using the voice of a post‐modern ethnography.

Still Dying for a Living: Shaping Corporate Criminal Liability After the Westray Mine Disaster

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the assumptions, agendas and relations of power that shaped Bill C-45, an Act to Amend the Criminal Code (criminal liability of organizations), revisions to the criminal code of Canada aimed at strengthening corporate criminal liability.
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Governing Old Age: The `Case Managed' Older Person

TL;DR: A Foucauldian approach is applied to an examination of contemporary policy and practice towards older people, specifically a model of case management designed to manage older people ` at risk' of hospital admission, focusing on the construction of expertise, the subjectification of the `at risk' older person and the interplay between expert and patient.
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A scholarly backcasting approach to a novel model for smart sustainable cities of the future: strategic problem orientation

TL;DR: It is argued that a deeper understanding of the multi-faceted processes of change or the interplay between social, technological, and scientific solutions is required to achieve more sustainable cities.