Presentation to MA Research Consultation students on 5 March 2009

1. Ecologies of knowledge: scouting, mapping + locating

2. three moves:

3. 1. bodies of knowledge three moves:

4. 2. instruments of knowledge

5. 3. ecologies of knowledge

6. “ diverse organisms interacting in an enabling environment ”

7. three questions:

9. abstract explicit implicit concrete Enabling environment

10. abstract explicit implicit concrete institutions associations sectors networks communities of practice existing bodies of knowledge laws protocols P policies theories paradigms ideologies discourses implicit knowledge Enabling environment

11. three things to do:

12. three things to do: 1. scout 2. map 3. locate

13. Acknowledgements Thorn tree photograph by angela7dreams http://www.flickr.com/photos/angela7/ MRI body photograph by by Gaetan Lee http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/2946794422/sizes/l/ Phrenology instrument photograph by by A.M. Kuchling http://www.flickr.com/photos/44165698@N00/50323539/sizes/o/ Sunset tree photograph by by angela7dreams http://www.flickr.com/photos/angela7/343536242/sizes/l/ Crowd sketch by by Kaja.A http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaja_a/3183156356/sizes/l/ Map of Africa by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL (modified) http://www.flickr.com/photos/normanbleventhalmapcenter/2709959865/