Organising Life: Biocuration, Bio-Ontologies, and the Conditions of Academic Work – Sarah Davies

Abstract:

In this talk I discuss biocuration as a field of scholarly practice. In creating and managing data and knowledge bases, biocuration is essential to research in the biosciences, but the skilled human labour it involves is often rendered invisible to its users. At the same time, this ordering work is central to rendering scientific knowledge thinkable. I therefore reflect on what biocuration tells us about the intersections of knowledge production with digital tools and the material conditions of academic work. What practices constitute knowledge, and how are these rendered visible and valuable (or not) within academic systems?

This event is part of our summer semester 2024 Lecture Series Lifelikeness.

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