Infrastructures of (Non-)Knowledge - (Virtual Lifeworlds) (Paperback)

About the Book

Knowledge is shaped by everchanging social and material infrastructures: a critical perspective on their interactions and epistemic regimes.

Book Synopsis

Scientific knowledge, in all its aspects, is widely understood to be shaped by social and material infrastructures, as well as by the practices unfolding within these arrangements. Considering ongoing, particularly AI-driven infrastructural transformation and digitization of epistemic cultures, the question of how infrastructures and practices shape what counts as (non-)knowledge arises anew. The interdisciplinary contributions to this volume offer a broad and nuanced insight into the interrelations between knowledge practices and their infrastructures, including libraries, Wikipedia, human bodies, digital corpora, and universities. Together, they foreground the complexity of knowledge, and invite readers to critically reconsider prevailing epistemic regimes.

About the Author

Kristin Flugel is a PhD candidate and research assistant in the project »Virtual Education« at the CRC 1567 »Virtual Lifeworlds« at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Alexander Lang is a PhD candidate and research assistant in the project »Virtual Education« at the CRC 1567 »Virtual Lifeworlds« at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Christina Lechtermann is a professor of medieval German at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and leader of the project »Virtual Texts« at the CRC 1567 »Virtual Lifeworlds«. --- Norbert Ricken is a professor of theory and philosophy of education at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and co-leader of the project »Virtual Education« at the CRC 1567 »Virtual Lifeworlds«.

Tatjana Scheffler is a professor for digital forensic linguistics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and leader of the project »Virtual Common Ground« at the CRC 1567 »Virtual Lifeworlds«.

Joachim Scholz is a professor of the history of education at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and co-leader of the project »Virtual Education« at the CRC 1567 »Virtual Lifeworlds«.

Estrid Sørensen is a professor for anthropology of knowledge at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and leader of the project »Virtual Information Infrastructures« at the CRC 1567 »Virtual Lifeworlds«.