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Agnotology and information
Author(s) -
Frazier T. Zachary
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.2015.1450520100123
Subject(s) - ignorance , conversation , information science , computer science , epistemology , data science , sociology , philosophy , library science , communication
Agnotology was coined in an effort to create a title for a project to build an understanding of ignorance. The poster proposed seeks to re‐introduce ignorance to information science through the comparison of the construction of ignorance in agnotology and the construction of information in information science. Looking at the way that models of ignorance parallel models of information, a greater understanding of the epistemic landscape is revealed. This conversation around the theoretical foundations of information science posed by this proposal may have a direct impact on both individuals and information contexts by reducing entropy and uncertainty in information science research. This poster is a step towards starting a conversation about connections and overlaps between information science and agnotology.