Bartlett, Andrew orcid.org/0000-0002-6927-0899, Lewis, Jamie and Williams, Matthew L (2016) Generations of interdisciplinarity in bioinformatics. New Genetics and Society. pp. 186-209. ISSN 1463-6778
Abstract
Bioinformatics, a specialism propelled into relevance by the Human Genome Project and the subsequent -omic turn in the life science, is an interdisciplinary field of research. Qualitative work on the disciplinary identities of bioinformaticians has revealed the tensions involved in work in this "borderland." As part of our ongoing work on the emergence of bioinformatics, between 2010 and 2011, we conducted a survey of United Kingdom-based academic bioinformaticians. Building on insights drawn from our fieldwork over the past decade, we present results from this survey relevant to a discussion of disciplinary generation and stabilization. Not only is there evidence of an attitudinal divide between the different disciplinary cultures that make up bioinformatics, but there are distinctions between the forerunners, founders and the followers; as inter/disciplines mature, they face challenges that are both inter-disciplinary and inter-generational in nature.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s) |
Keywords: | Journal Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2017 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:11 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2016.1184965 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14636778.2016.1184965 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123882 |
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