W. M. Roth

Toward an Anthropology of Graphing (eBook, PDF)

Semiotic and Activity-Theoretic Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents the results of several studies involving scientists and technicians. The author describes and analyses the interpretation scientists volunteered given graphs that had been culled from an introductory course and textbook in ecology. He next reports on graph usage in three different workplaces based on his ethnographic research among scientists and technicians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789401002233
• Artikelnr.: 44182927

Inhaltsangabe

1 Toward an Anthropology of Graphing: An Introduction.- 1.1 Graphing is Pervasive.- 1.2 Nature of Practice.- 1.3 Reading Graphs as Semiotic Practice.- 1.4 Graphs as Sign Objects.- 1.5 Graphing as Rhetorical Practice.- 1.6 Graphs as Conscription Devices.- 1.7 Conclusion and Outlook.- One: Graphing in Captivity.- 2 From 'Expertise' to Situated Reason: The Role of Experience, Familiarity, and Usefulness.- 3 Unfolding Interpretations: Graph Interpretation as Abduction.- 4 Problematic Readings: Case Studies of Scientists Struggling with Graph Interpretation.- 5 Articulating Background: Scientists Explain Graphs of their Own Making.- Two: Graphing in the Wild.- 6 Reading Graphs: Transparent Use of Graphs in Everyday Activity.- 7 From Writhing Lizards to Graphs: The Development of Embodied Graphing Competence.- 8 Fusion of Sign and Referent: From Interpreting to Reading of Graphs.- Appendix: The Tasks.- A.1 Plant Distributions.- A.2 Population Dynamics.- A.3 Isoclines.- A.4 Scientists' Graphs.- Notes.- References.