“Material objects that Digital objects that Boundary objects Google maps “Material objects that Digital objects that Facilitate the coordination of scientific work because Facilitate coordination of pedagogy with activism They can be interpreted in a tightly focused way by specialists They can be used pedagogically by faculty and students While being simultaneously readable by generalists”   And can be used for practical purposes by community members Source: Star, Susan Leigh and James R. Griesemar. “Institutional ecology, ‘translations’ and boundary objects: amateurs and professionals in Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907-39.” Social Studies of Science, no. 3 (1980): 387-420. 

upstream downstream

the upstream Faculty come up with idea for a class. They talk to community groups before semester begins. Once the semester begins, faculty tell students in the class about the potential project and train them for it. Meeting is arranged between students and community group, in which two-way exchange occurs (ideas and data). Students produce map.

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the downstream Once the map has been created, how do the different parties interact with the map?

Boundary objects Google maps “Material objects that Digital objects that Facilitate the coordination of scientific work because Facilitate coordination of pedagogy with activism They can be interpreted in a tightly focused way by specialists They can be used pedagogically by faculty and students While being simultaneously readable by generalists”   And can be used for practical purposes by community members