[Taxacom] Systematics as Cyberscience

[Jim Croft]

Oh dear!  This expose will undo decades of guile and subterfuge trying
to convince managers that it is all serious hard work and we actually
know what we are doing...

jim

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Beach, James H <beach at ku.edu> wrote:
> At long last, our boisterous mob, duelists, sharpshooters and lurkers of
>  Taxacom get the attention they are due.
>
>  I am delighted to note that Dr. Christine Hine of the University of
>  Surrey has written and recently published "Systematics as Cyberscience"
>  subtitled "Computers, Change, and Continuity in Science" (2008, MIT
>  Press, Cambridge, Mass., x+307 pp.).
>
>  Several Taxacom subscribers responded to Christine's e-mail to the list
>  a few years ago asking about your use of Taxacom. As part of a broader
>  sociological study she has analyzed the role of Taxacom in systematics,
>  as well as the functions and impacts of other information and
>  communication technologies (ICTs). Discussion of Taxacom occupies about
>  20 pages.
>
>  If you are interested in the sociology of systematics and in particular
>  how ICTs have been adopted and used within the context of traditional
>  systematics community practice and norms, you will find this observant,
>  ethnographic analysis to be an insightful and delightful read.  The book
>  is perfect for a Sunday afternoon with a cup of tea or a perhaps a large
>  cappuccino.
>
>  Amazon has it:
>  http://www.amazon.com/Systematics-Cyberscience-Computers-Continuity-Tech
>  nology/dp/026208371X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208452558&sr=8
>  -2
>
>
>  Jim B.
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