Developing Locating Technoscience
February 28, 2008
I am designing the web page for a new reader on the geographies of technoscience, Locating Technoscience, a draft of which can be found here. The reader will be, initially, entirely web-based, and I’m keen to try and include the ability for readers to comment and build on the papers involved. One of the key features of traditional readers is that they introduce people to key papers, concepts and researchers in the field. The vast majority of these are now available in some form on the internet, particularly to those in academic institutions with Athens access. This raises the question of competitive advantage – the success of the reader has to be based not simply on its research content, which can already be accessed through journals in the most part, or the websites of researchers like Bruno Latour or Maarten Hajer. Instead, it will need to incorporate links to new research, lucid introductory passages and the availability of commentary through which discussions can develop.
