Institutional Ecology, ‘Translations’ and Boundary Objects¶
Star, S. L., & Griesemer, J. R. (1989). Institutional Ecology, ‘Translations’ and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907–39. Social Studies of Science, 19(3), 387-420.
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Mechanisms¶
- Category Reframing Workshop
- A well-designed category here behaves like a boundary object: legible and usable across the different communities that must share it, robust enough to hold their differing needs without forcing everyone into one reading.
This sourceDefines boundary objects as adaptable to different communities’ local needs while retaining a robust common identity.
- A well-designed category here behaves like a boundary object: legible and usable across the different communities that must share it, robust enough to hold their differing needs without forcing everyone into one reading.
- Object Origin Story Card
- And it translates across groups
This sourceDefines boundary objects as shared across intersecting social worlds while remaining adaptable to each community’s local needs and maintaining a common identity.
- And it translates across groups
- Saddle Neighborhood Map
- Its strength is that it is a boundary object
This sourceShows how boundary objects enable coordination across heterogeneous social worlds.
- Its strength is that it is a boundary object
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