In this workshop, we use the case of knowledge infrastructures that seek to support innovative forms of knowledge production —more often than not, unique resources—to explore the possibilities of evaluation beyond comparison.
This aspiration is in line with recently expressed wishes from infrastructure developers (Tasovac et al. 2023) and international bodies (https://plus.google.com/+UNESCO 2020) to reflect on and align infrastructure and assessment practices.
In sum, building on the scholarship on KI so far, which shows the entwinement of values and knowledge via infrastructures, we want the workshop to be the occasion to extend the analysis and reflection on the importance of values not only for design and epistemic consequences but also for modes of assessment. The workshop is therefore especially timely because it will map out the transitions of knowledge infrastructures towards increasingly important values–openness, sustainability, epistemic diversity, democratisation and participation. It will also explore which forms of evaluation are best aligned to these values and how they might be incorporated into evaluation practices.
This workshop is co-organised by Kathleen Gregory, a former DANS employees and the DANS honorary fellow Christine Borgman. DANS honorary fellow Andrew Treloar and DANS senior policy advisor Andrea Scharnhorst will also attend.
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