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boundary objects: a standalone construct

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boundaryobjects1 CONSTRUCTBoundary objectsSTAR · SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Science and technology studies

objects flexible enough to serve different groups' needs yet robust enough to keep a common identity across them.

In science and technology studies, boundary objects refers to objects flexible enough to serve different groups' needs yet robust enough to keep a common identity across them. This meaning comes from Star (1989) in Social Studies of Science.[1]

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References

  1. 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631289019003001

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