Type: Chapter
Information: Paradata
Documenting Data Creation, Curation and Use
, pp. v - viii

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009366564 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025
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Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: Paradata – Documenting Data Creation, Management and Use
Isto Huvila
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Concept of Paradata
1.3 Perspectives on Paradata
1.4 How to Read This Book
1.5 Conclusion: Paradata Matters
2 The Concept of Paradata
Olle Sköld
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Etymology of Paradata
2.3 Paradata Definitions
2.4 Paradata’s Conceptual Siblings
2.5 Discussion
3 Paradata ‘In the Wild’: How and Where Paradata Emerges in Research Documentation
Olle Sköld and Lisa Andersson
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Understanding (Para)data
3.3 Understanding (Para)data in Context
3.4 Tracing the Interplay between Research and Research Documentation
3.5 Following Practice: How Archaeologists and Archaeological Research Data Professionals Identify Paradata
3.6 How Can Paradata in Research Documentation Be Identified, and What Does It Look Like?
4 Methods for Generating and Documenting Paradata
Ying-Hsang Liu and Isto Huvila
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Methods Descriptions
4.3 Discussion
4.4 Conclusions
5 Methods for Identifying Paradata for Data Reuse
Ying-Hsang Liu and Isto Huvila
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methods Descriptions
5.3 Discussion
5.4 Conclusions
6 Methods for Managing Paradata
Zanna Friberg and Isto Huvila
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Core Paradata and Potential Paradata
6.3 Paradata Needs and Sources
6.4 Paradata Management
7 A Paradata Reference Model
Isto Huvila
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Model
7.3 Working Knowledge and Paradata
7.4 Embodied and Inscribed
7.5 Enactment of Paradata
7.6 Outcomes of Paradata
7.7 In the Borderlands: Implications for Paradata Practice
7.8 Conclusions
8 Future Directions: Making Paradata Matter
Isto Huvila
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Instrument of Knowledge Organisation
8.3 Mindset
8.4 Limits and Ethics of Paradata
8.5 Conclusions
Index

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