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This work presents the results of several studies involving scientists and technicians. In Part One of the book, ""Graphing in Captivity"", the author describes and analyses the interpretation scientists volunteered given graphs that had been culled from an introductory course and textbook in ecology. Surprisingly, the scientists were not the experts that the author expected them to be on the basis of the existing expert-novice literature. The section ends with the analysis of graphs that the scientists had culled from their own work. Here, they articulated a tremendous amount of background understanding before talking about the content of their graphs. In Part Two, ""Graphing in the Wild"", the author reports on graph usage in three different workplaces based on his ethnographic research among scientists and technicians. Based on these data, the author concludes that graphs and graphing are meaningful to the extent that they are deeply embedded in and connected to the familiarity with the workplace.

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Author:   W.M. Roth
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.100kg
ISBN:  

9781402013768

ISBN 10:   1402013760
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   31 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Toward an Anthropology of Graphing: An Introduction.- 1.1 Graphing is Pervasive.- 1.2 Nature of Practice.- 1.3 Reading Graphs as Semiotic Practice.- 1.4 Graphs as Sign Objects.- 1.5 Graphing as Rhetorical Practice.- 1.6 Graphs as Conscription Devices.- 1.7 Conclusion and Outlook.- One: Graphing in Captivity.- 2 From ‘Expertise’ to Situated Reason: The Role of Experience, Familiarity, and Usefulness.- 3 Unfolding Interpretations: Graph Interpretation as Abduction.- 4 Problematic Readings: Case Studies of Scientists Struggling with Graph Interpretation.- 5 Articulating Background: Scientists Explain Graphs of their Own Making.- Two: Graphing in the Wild.- 6 Reading Graphs: Transparent Use of Graphs in Everyday Activity.- 7 From Writhing Lizards to Graphs: The Development of Embodied Graphing Competence.- 8 Fusion of Sign and Referent: From Interpreting to Reading of Graphs.- Appendix: The Tasks.- A.1 Plant Distributions.- A.2 Population Dynamics.- A.3 Isoclines.- A.4 Scientists’ Graphs.- Notes.- References.

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