I recently received an invitation to participate in a survey on attitudes on the societal relevance and utility of research conducted by a somewhat well-known Swedish consultancy Demoskop. It is obvious that research without relevance whatsoever is total waste of time but the survey is an excellent example of the difficulty and shear impossibility of asking "general" questions about this topic. The survey will undoubtedly will produce useful results for those who have paid for it.
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What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation
Huvila, I., Sköld, O., Zengenene, D., & Andersson, L. (2026). What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation. Journal of Documentation, 82, 289–314. http://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2025-0324 (Original work published 2026)
Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies
Huvila, I. (2026). Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies. In N. Solhjoo (Ed.), Multispecies Information Science (pp. 201–220). London: Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003583424-15
Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research
Huvila, I. (2025). Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research. In H. Verhagen, S. Tienken, A. Widholm, M. Fridlund, M. Nermo, & A. Blåder (Eds.), Huminfra 2025 (pp. 57–62). Stockholm: Stockholm University.
Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With
Huvila, I. (2025). Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With. Archiv, Theorie & Praxis, 75, 12–15.
Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities
Huvila, I., Andersson, L., & Sköld, O. (2025). Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(11), 1570–1590. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.70003 (Original work published 2026)
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