by katherinewyers | Jan 23, 2025 | Boundary Objects
I’ve been reading a lot about boundary objects lately. Boundary objects are loosely-defined artifacts, categories, or documents that facilitate partial cooperation across communities of practice (Star and Griesemer 1989). The basic concept is that you can have...
by katherinewyers | Jan 15, 2025 | AI
I was recently chatting over lunch with a researcher. We were discussing AI, and whether large language models like ChatGPT produce anything new, or whether they only reuse what is already there. Generative large language models determine what word comes next using...
by katherinewyers | Sep 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Understanding the consequences of identity category change in government information infrastructure India’s transgender category 2014-2024 From a technical perspective, information infrastructures (IIs) are composed of various classification systems, protocols, and...
by katherinewyers | Jun 3, 2023 | Engineering, LGBTQ+
This week, the Ugandan president signed an anti-LGBTQ+ law that has been condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanization’. The law imposes the death penalty or life imprisonment for ‘certain same-sex acts’, up to 20 years in prison for ‘recruitment,...
by katherinewyers | May 22, 2023 | Engineering, Sustainability
What is sustainability in development projects? Sustainability is a term that’s often used nowadays. It usually means ‘green’ projects that aim to reduce our impact on the environment. Within the context of projects that support developing countries, the concept of...