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Studying the incommensurability that unites us: persuasion across discourse communities, persuasion via boundary objects

Description: In the science studies literature the theoretical construct of boundary objects has been developed to explain how diverse communities clustered around a scientific subject area cooperate to advance that area. Boundary objects are 'scientific objects that inhabit several intersecting social worlds . . . and satisfy the informational requirements of each of them' (Star and Griesemer 393). Star and Griesemer's foundational article showed that these objects can be shared by communities ranging from… more
Date: January 1, 2003
Creator: Wilson, G. D. (Gregory D.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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