Power/knowledge: The discursive construction of an author

Olsson, M

Power/knowledge: The discursive construction of an author

Olsson, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Library Quarterly, 2007, 77 (2), pp. 219 - 240
Issue Date:: 2007-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Olsson, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2814-0876	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Library Quarterly, 2007, 77 (2), pp. 219 - 240	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0024-2519	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4081
dc.description.abstract	This article reports the findings of a study examining the social/discursive construction of an author (Brenda Dervin) by an international community of researchers (information behavior researchers). A crucial conceptual starting point for the study was Michel Foucault's work on the discursive construction of power/knowledge. The study represents one attempt to develop a discourse analytic approach to the study of information behavior. The researcher carried out semistructured qualitative interviews, based in part on Dervin's "Life-Line" and "Time-Line" techniques, with fifteen information behavior researchers from eight universities in five countries in Europe and North America. The study's findings provide a case study in how discourse operates at the microsociological level. It provides examples of how community members engage with, accept, and contest both new and established "truth statements" and discursive practices. They demonstrate that both participants' formal and informal information behaviors are the product of discursive power/knowledge relations. © 2007 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Library Quarterly	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1086/517845	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information & Library Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Power/knowledge: The discursive construction of an author	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	77	en_US
utslib.for	080707 Organisation of Information and Knowledge Resources	en_US
utslib.for	0807 Library and Information Studies	en_US
dc.location.activity	ISI:000247331200007	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	77	en_US

Abstract:

This article reports the findings of a study examining the social/discursive construction of an author (Brenda Dervin) by an international community of researchers (information behavior researchers). A crucial conceptual starting point for the study was Michel Foucault's work on the discursive construction of power/knowledge. The study represents one attempt to develop a discourse analytic approach to the study of information behavior. The researcher carried out semistructured qualitative interviews, based in part on Dervin's "Life-Line" and "Time-Line" techniques, with fifteen information behavior researchers from eight universities in five countries in Europe and North America. The study's findings provide a case study in how discourse operates at the microsociological level. It provides examples of how community members engage with, accept, and contest both new and established "truth statements" and discursive practices. They demonstrate that both participants' formal and informal information behaviors are the product of discursive power/knowledge relations. © 2007 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.

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