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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2025

Isto Huvila ,
Lisa Andersson ,
Zanna Friberg ,
Ying-Hsang Liu  and
Olle Sköld
Isto Huvila
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Lisa Andersson
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Zanna Friberg
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Ying-Hsang Liu
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Olle Sköld
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

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Paradata
Documenting Data Creation, Curation and Use
 , pp. v - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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Contents

  1. Preface

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. 1Introduction: Paradata – Documenting Data Creation, Management and Use

    Isto Huvila

  4. 1.1Introduction

  5. 1.2The Concept of Paradata

  6. 1.3Perspectives on Paradata

  7. 1.4How to Read This Book

  8. 1.5Conclusion: Paradata Matters

  9. 2The Concept of Paradata

    Olle Sköld

  10. 2.1Introduction

  11. 2.2The Etymology of Paradata

  12. 2.3Paradata Definitions

  13. 2.4Paradata’s Conceptual Siblings

  14. 2.5Discussion

  15. 3Paradata ‘In the Wild’: How and Where Paradata Emerges in Research Documentation

    Olle Sköld and Lisa Andersson

  16. 3.1Introduction

  17. 3.2Understanding (Para)data

  18. 3.3Understanding (Para)data in Context

  19. 3.4Tracing the Interplay between Research and Research Documentation

  20. 3.5Following Practice: How Archaeologists and Archaeological Research Data Professionals Identify Paradata

  21. 3.6How Can Paradata in Research Documentation Be Identified, and What Does It Look Like?

  22. 4Methods for Generating and Documenting Paradata

    Ying-Hsang Liu and Isto Huvila

  23. 4.1Introduction

  24. 4.2Methods Descriptions

  25. 4.3Discussion

  26. 4.4Conclusions

  27. 5Methods for Identifying Paradata for Data Reuse

    Ying-Hsang Liu and Isto Huvila

  28. 5.1Introduction

  29. 5.2Methods Descriptions

  30. 5.3Discussion

  31. 5.4Conclusions

  32. 6Methods for Managing Paradata

    Zanna Friberg and Isto Huvila

  33. 6.1Introduction

  34. 6.2Core Paradata and Potential Paradata

  35. 6.3Paradata Needs and Sources

  36. 6.4Paradata Management

  37. 7A Paradata Reference Model

    Isto Huvila

  38. 7.1Introduction

  39. 7.2The Model

  40. 7.3Working Knowledge and Paradata

  41. 7.4Embodied and Inscribed

  42. 7.5Enactment of Paradata

  43. 7.6Outcomes of Paradata

  44. 7.7In the Borderlands: Implications for Paradata Practice

  45. 7.8Conclusions

  46. 8Future Directions: Making Paradata Matter

    Isto Huvila

  47. 8.1Introduction

  48. 8.2Instrument of Knowledge Organisation

  49. 8.3Mindset

  50. 8.4Limits and Ethics of Paradata

  51. 8.5Conclusions

  52. Index

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