Enacting silence : Residual categories as a challenge for ethics, information systems, and communication

Residual categories are those which cannot be formally represented within a given classification system. We examine the forms that residuality takes within our information systems today, and explore some silences which form around those inhabiting particular residual categories. We argue that there...

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Published in:Ethics and information technology 2007-12, Vol.9 (4), p.273-280
Main Authors: STAR, Susan Leigh, BOWKER, Geoffrey C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Chronic pain
Classification
Communication
Ethics
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information systems
Legal aspects : intellectual property, producer responsability
Legal aspects : intellectual property, producer responsability. Ethics
Library and information science. General aspects
Mathematical models
Metadata
Narratives
Pain
Politics
Sciences and techniques of general use
Studies
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Summary:Residual categories are those which cannot be formally represented within a given classification system. We examine the forms that residuality takes within our information systems today, and explore some silences which form around those inhabiting particular residual categories. We argue that there is significant ethical and political work to be done in exploring residuality. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1388-1957
1572-8439
DOI:10.1007/s10676-007-9141-7