2016/04/16 by Gordana Dodig-Crnković, Daniel Kade, Dodig-Crnkovic, Gordana +7
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Semantic Web and Ontologies #Scientific Computing and Data Management #Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1604.04711
Similar to oil that acted as a basic raw material and key driving force of\nindustrial society, information acts as a raw material and principal mover of\nknowledge society in the knowledge production, propagation and application. New\ndevelopments in information processing and information communication\ntechnologies allow increasingly complex and accurate descriptions,\nrepresentations and models, which are often multi-parameter, multi-perspective,\nmulti-level and multidimensional. This leads to the necessity of collaborative\nwork between different domains with corresponding specialist competences,\nsciences and research traditions. We present several major transdisciplinary\nunification projects for information and knowledge, which proceed on the\ndescriptive, logical and the level of generative mechanisms. Parallel process\nof boundary crossing and transdisciplinary activity is going on in the applied\ndomains. Technological artifacts are becoming increasingly complex and their\ndesign is strongly user-centered, which brings in not only the function and\nvarious technological qualities but also other aspects including esthetic, user\nexperience, ethics and sustainability with social and environmental dimensions.\nWhen integrating knowledge from a variety of fields, with contributions from\ndifferent groups of stakeholders, numerous challenges are met in establishing\ncommon view and common course of action. In this context, information is our\nenvironment, and informational ecology determines both epistemology and spaces\nfor action. We present some insights into the current state of the art of\ntransdisciplinary theory and practice of information studies and informatics.\nWe depict different facets of transdisciplinarity as we see it from our\ndifferent research fields that include information studies, computability,\nhuman-computer interaction, multi-operating-systems environments and\nphilosophy.\n