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<p>This article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development, we try to understand current transformations in knowledge production within digital academia and beyond. Drawing on qualitative interviews with data science scholars, we identify five lines of demarcation in claiming universal epistemic authority. This boundary work is characterized by multiple tensions and varies depending upon context and counterpart, making it inherently relational.</p>
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This article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development, we try to understand current transformations in knowledge production within digital academia and beyond. Drawing on qualitative interviews with data science scholars, we identify five lines of demarcation in claiming universal epistemic authority. This boundary work is characterized by multiple tensions and varies depending upon context and counterpart, making it inherently relational.

Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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This article studies the rise of academic data science in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By focusing on the boundary work that accompanies this development,...

Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science

Published Online: Oct 31, 2023

Page range: 499 - 517

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0024

Keywords
Data science, academic institutionalization, discursive boundary work, epistemic authority

© 2023 Bianca Prietl et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Claiming Universal Epistemic Authority – Relational Boundary Work and the Academic Institutionalization of Data Science

Published Online: Oct 31, 2023

Page range: 499 - 517

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0024

KeywordsData science, academic institutionalization, discursive boundary work, epistemic authority

© 2023 Bianca Prietl et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Data science, academic institutionalization, discursive boundary work, epistemic authority