Mapping the positive turn for information science

Cox, Andrew; Griffin, Brian; Hartel, Jenna; Stebbins, Robert

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Title

Mapping the positive turn for information science

Author(s)

Cox, Andrew; Griffin, Brian; Hartel, Jenna; Stebbins, Robert

Issue Date

2016-03-15

Keyword(s)

• well-being
• happiness
• positive
• positive computing
• leisure

Abstract

This half-day workshop will bring together scholars, practitioners, and students from across the iSchool community to discuss current research around “positive” information phenomena, that is, non-problematical perspectives on the information experience. The session will explore a range of positive concepts recently emerged in information science, such as: well-being, happiness, leisure and positive computing. Throughout the session, our conversation will move between information science to specialties such as positive psychology, positive sociology, and the sociology of happiness; we will clarify terms, concepts and themes and ultimately generate an interdisciplinary map of positive scholarship. Participants will share their own thinking and research on these topics, map current and future research trajectories, and produce a foundation for future collaboration. In keeping with a spirit of interdisciplinarity, the event will feature a keynote by the architect of positive sociology, sociologist and leisure scholar Dr. Robert A. Stebbins.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

IConference 2016 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89462

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/16377

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