Cite as:
Okune, Angela and Adams, James. 2018. "Querying Collaboration in Data Analysis." In PhD Orals Document: Querying Analyses of Collaboration, created by Angela Okune and James Adams. PhD Orals Document. UC Irvine Anthropology. October.
This section foregrounds artifacts that have looked at collaboration as part of the data analysis phase.
The following description (drafted prior to reading the works) outlines how we were thinking about this particular research life cycle phase:
JA (July 2018): In this section, we will be focusing on what George Marcus et al. (2017) have referred to as collaborative analytics. According to Marcus, the concept refers to two processes, the process that is most pertinent to this section is one where scholars come together to do concept work, initiating and developing new concepts through discussions of in their individual knowledges and experiences in the field.
This essay is part of a broader orals document querying collaborative formations. Works were categoried under one part of the “research life cycle” as a heuristic. Sub-essays within the orals doc can be accessed directly through the following links: Research Design (Artifacts | Analysis); Data Gathering and Production (Artifacts | Analysis); Data Analysis (Artifacts | Analysis); Artifact Production (Artifacts | Analysis); Dissemination (Artifacts | Analysis); Political Practice (Artifacts | Analysis).
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