Sociotechnocanonicon/2022

2022 Details

We will be meeting after the Monday softblock. Meetings will be 13:00 ET / 12:00 CT / 10:00 PT.

Notes: https://etherpad.communitydata.science/p/sociotechnocanonicon_2022

Meeting Dates

• 06/27 - Exhilation by Ted Chiang
• 07/04 - No meeting
• 07/11 - The Sciences of the Artificial (1-4)
• 07/18 - The Sciences of the Artificial (5-8)
• 07/25 - The Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social Media (Intro-4)
• 08/01 - The Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social Media (5-9). The methodological appendix is worth reading imo (-- Nate)
• 08/08 - Dividing the Waters (1-8)
• 08/15 - Dividing the Waters (8-15)
• 08/22 - The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations

2022 Suggestions

Most popular suggestions (as of 2022-06-28):

• The Duality of Technology (4)
• Conversational Firm (4)
• Dividing the Waters (4)
• The Sciences of the Artificial (4)
• Union Democracy (3)
• Governing the Commons (2)
• Yochai Benkler (2)
• Social Emergence (2)
• Discriminating Data (2)

• Union Democracy: The Inside Politics of the International Typographical Union by Seymour Martin Lipset, Martin Trow & James Coleman — I loved this book and I understand its a classic, but it could be somewhat dated or far-afield. — Nate; I think Charlie's work on turnover makes this relevant. —mako๛) I think it sounds interesting Kaylea (talk) 01:10, 24 June 2022 (CEST)
• Mutual Aid by Kropotkin — I also love this book, but it is definitely dated and not that useful unless you are an ecology nerd and/or anarchist —Nate
• Should you believe Wikipedia? (brand new book) by Amy Bruckman — I think we should prioritize classics but this is one that I think I will have to read this summer so I'd throw it into the mix. —mako๛
• Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom — Do this only if/when a large majority of new folks can make it. —mako๛ 04:04, 9 June 2022 (CEST) +1 mdb
• Wealth of Networks or perhaps a few articles by Yochai Benkler — Do this only if/when a large majority of new folks can make it. —mako๛ 04:04, 9 June 2022 (CEST) +1 Floor
• Dividing the Waters by William Blomquist — It's about groundwater governance in Southern California by a student of Ostrom. I'm interested in this because it's about the emergence of new institutions but it's only worth doing if a bunch of others are willing to talk to me about this. —mako๛ I'm interested in this one. —Groceryheist (talk) 21:11, 14 June 2022 (CEST) +1 sohw I'm interested Kaylea (talk) 01:10, 24 June 2022 (CEST)
• Creating a Constitution by Federica Caraguti — Similar story to Blomquist exist it's about ancient Athens! Federica is beginning to do work in our space though so she seems to think there are connections. —mako๛
• The Sciences of the Artificial by Herbert Simon. — "best known for concepts of bounded rationality and satisficing" Kaylea (talk) 15:48, 8 January 2020 (EST); Moved from 2020 since this does feel something we could benefit from reading. —mako๛ I'm interested Groceryheist (talk) 06:58, 16 June 2022 (CEST) +1 mdb
• Conversational Firm by Cat Turco — I know Aaron and I have both read this book and loved it and I think more people in communication should be reading this book. —mako๛ I'm interested —Groceryheist (talk) 21:11, 14 June 2022 (CEST) +1 sohw -- I'm interested Kaylea (talk) 01:10, 24 June 2022 (CEST)
• The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations by Wanda Orlikowski — I've not read the book but I've read a bunch of other other work and think this might be worth it. It might be helpful to read Giddens first she I know she relies heavily on the concept of structuration. —mako๛ +1 sohw +1 mdb I'm interested Kaylea (talk) 01:10, 24 June 2022 (CEST)
• Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems by R. Keith Sawyer -- I started this and it seems like a nice argument about the way that social systems act as complex systems and how researchers can study social phenomena as complex systems. --Jdfoote (talk) 18:43, 14 June 2022 (CEST) I'm interested Kaylea (talk) 01:10, 24 June 2022 (CEST)
• Exhilation by Ted Chiang — This was our winter holiday gift book! I can also send around a soft copy. —mako๛
• Discriminating Data by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun. Polarization is a goal of machine learning and discrimination is built into how we use and process data. I am planning on reading this anyway this summer. User:Mollydb +1 floor
• "Ghost Work" by Mary Gray + Siddharth Suri. I'm planning to reread this anyway this summer and would love to be held accountable + chat about it. I know a bunch of folks have also read it already, so might be low-barrier --Floor.
• TVA and the Grass Roots: A Study of Politics and Organization by Philip Selznick. Folks at ICA were talking about this as a must-read classic. I'm just getting started reading it. Pros so far: seems like an interesting exploration of anti-democratic tendencies creeping into intentionally/initially democratic "grass roots" institutions. Maybe there will be useful parallels to CBPP foundations? Has an ecology vibe. Has an infrastructure vibe. Has a governance vibe. Cons: so far it's a bit dry, or at least not scintillating. Is it really so classic as I was led to believe? Also, feeds my orgcomm habit which may be unhealthy. Kaylea (talk) 01:10, 24 June 2022 (CEST)