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- Haider, Jutta
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Of the rich and the poor and other curious minds : On open access and "development"
- 2007
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Ingår i: Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives. - : Emerald. ; 59:4-5, s. 449-461
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose - The paper seeks to reconsider open access and its relation to issues of "development" by highlighting the ties the open access movement has with the hegemonic discourse of development and to question some of the assumptions about science and scientific communication upon which the open access debates are based. The paper also aims to bring out the conflict arising from the convergence of the hegemonic discourses of science and development with the contemporary discourse of openness. Design/methodology/approach - The paper takes the form of a critical reading of a range of published work on open access and the so-called "developing world" as well as of various open access declarations. The argument is supported by insights from post-development studies. Findings - Open access is presented as an issue of moral concern beyond the narrow scope of scholarly communication. Claims are made based on hegemonic discourses that are positioned as a priori and universal. The construction of open access as an issue of unquestionable moral necessity also impedes the problematisation of its own heritage. Originality/value - This paper is intended to open up the view for open access's less obvious alliances and conflicting discursive ties and thus to initiate a politisation, which is necessary in order to further the debate in a more fruitful way. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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- Haider, Jutta, et al.
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Pairing information with poverty : Traces of development discourse in LIS
- 2006
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Ingår i: New Library World. ; 107:9-10, s. 371-385
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose - The purpose of this research is to investigate and critically assess the notions of "information poverty" in LIS by highlighting its connections with development discourse.Design/methodology/approach - The article takes a discourse analysis approach, which starts from Michel Foucault's understanding of discourse. "Information poverty" is posited as a statement and investigated in its relation to other statements. The focus is on discursive procedures that emerge from the repeated connections between statements. The article draws on the interpretative analysis of 35 English language articles published in scholarly and professional LIS journals between 1995 and 2005.Findings - "Information poverty" and the "information poor" are established as being assigned specific positions in the discourse of LIS as the result of overlapping, sometimes conflicting discursive procedures. The concept emerges as a possibility in LIS by anchoring it in the dominant discourse of development. Traces of development discourse surface in LIS and contribute to the legitimisation of the concept of "information poverty" by lending it authority.Research limitations/implications - The material selection is linguistically biased. Results and findings are fully applicable only in an English language context.Originality/value - The article relates the professional discourse of LIS to the dominant discourse of development and thus highlights some of the assumptions upon which the concept of "information poverty" is built. Moreover, the article is intended to contribute to the further development of discourse analysis in LIS.
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