Articles · Across science and technology
Institutional Ecology, ‘Translations’ and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907–39
Susan Leigh Star & James R. Griesemer · 1989 · Social Studies of Science, 19(3), 387–420
Overview
This study explains cooperation among participants with different commitments through boundary objects and shared practices. Its museum case helps distinguish coordination from consensus. Ask how objects retain a common identity while serving different local purposes.
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Concepts
Boundary objects →Thinkers
Susan Leigh Star (1954–2010) →