AO: This 2009 co-authored article offers a “research in progress” report by the different authors seeking to bring about conversation about how social cultural anthropology (dis)
AO: The group looks at phenomena of “contingent connection” to trace the comparative cases over time and space. However, they do not detail how they do this technically.Read more
AO: The analysts note that university institutional requirements for junior scholars in social cultural anthro make collaboration difficult. “Collaboration is difficult in cultural
AO: The analysts argue that every contributor should be able to draw the project into new and original directions and that the project should continually shift because of its
AO: Tsing mentions several binaries: to describe their work: two models of collaboration “big science” model and intimate authorship arrangements (their collabo is somewhere in
AO: The analysts note that public medical research is under threat from particular economic and political interests. They also note public-private partnerships that emphasize...Read more
AO: “Deciding on rules of engagement or drawing up memoranda of understanding is a critical process in research collaboration, and one that may need to be revisited and
AO: The analysts note the following key ideas emerging from the work:
Ethics happen in practice;
Ethical situations
Abstract: There are three components to boundary objects as outlined in the original 1989 article. Interpretive flexibility, the structure of informatic and work
process needs and arrangements, and, finally, the dynamic between illstructured
and more tailored uses of the objects. Much of...Read more