Southern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practices

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dc.contributor.authorCzerniewicz, Laura
dc.contributor.authorGoodier, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorMorrell, Robert
dc.coverage.spatialGlobal Southen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-22T10:52:54Z
dc.date.available2017-02-22T10:52:54Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe networked age promises global digital cultures with flattened power relations, given the affordances of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to collapse distance, enable easier cross-country collaborations and create new opportunities for knowledge production and sharing. In the academic domains, indications are that knowledge patterns continue to reflect physically-based geopolitical realities – where knowledge from the South is still peripheral while knowledge from the North still dominates in terms of all the conventional metrics. This study explores the potential role of digital affordances to challenge structural Northern bias and generates questions about knowledge production and dissemination in the climate change knowledge domain. It is framed by the field of scholarly communication within an African setting and by the emergent field of climate change which is fraught with debates and contestations, particularly regarding mitigation and adaptation. It draws on Southern theory which interrogates the global dynamics of knowledge production and dissemination; It explores the intersection of the discoverability and visibility of local climate change research methodologically from the outside in, through an experiment of searches for “climate change / South Africa” and from the inside-out by reviewing the online presence of one climate change group in a top ranked African universityen_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCzerniewicz, L., Goodier, S., & Morrell, R. (2016). Southern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practices. <i>Information, Communication and Society</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23991en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCzerniewicz, Laura, Sarah Goodier, and Robert Morrell "Southern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practices." <i>Information, Communication and Society</i> (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23991en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCzerniewicz, L., Goodier, S. & Morrell, R. (2016): Southern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practices. Information, Communication & Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1168473en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Czerniewicz, Laura AU - Goodier, Sarah AU - Morrell, Robert AB - The networked age promises global digital cultures with flattened power relations, given the affordances of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to collapse distance, enable easier cross-country collaborations and create new opportunities for knowledge production and sharing. In the academic domains, indications are that knowledge patterns continue to reflect physically-based geopolitical realities – where knowledge from the South is still peripheral while knowledge from the North still dominates in terms of all the conventional metrics. This study explores the potential role of digital affordances to challenge structural Northern bias and generates questions about knowledge production and dissemination in the climate change knowledge domain. It is framed by the field of scholarly communication within an African setting and by the emergent field of climate change which is fraught with debates and contestations, particularly regarding mitigation and adaptation. It draws on Southern theory which interrogates the global dynamics of knowledge production and dissemination; It explores the intersection of the discoverability and visibility of local climate change research methodologically from the outside in, through an experiment of searches for “climate change / South Africa” and from the inside-out by reviewing the online presence of one climate change group in a top ranked African university DA - 2016-01-01 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Information, Communication and Society LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Southern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practices TI - Southern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practices UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23991 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/23991
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCzerniewicz L, Goodier S, Morrell R. Southern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practices. Information, Communication and Society. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23991.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherInformation, Communication & Societyen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceInformation, Communication and Societyen_ZA
dc.titleSouthern knowledge online? Climate change research discoverability and communication practicesen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsKnowledge inequalitiesen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsdigital mediationen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordssouthern theoryen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordssearch enginesen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsclimate changeen_ZA
uct.type.filetypeImage
uct.type.filetypeInteractive Resource
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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