Genre Theory in Information Studies

Front Cover......Page 1
Genre Theory in Information Studies......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 10
Editorial Advisory Board......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
 References......Page 17
Chapter 1 What Genre Theory Does......Page 18
 1.1 The Social Study of Texts: The Precursors......Page 19
 1.2 Genre as Social Action......Page 21
 References......Page 27
Chapter 2 Re-Describing Knowledge Organization — A Genre and Activity-Based View......Page 30
 2.1 Introduction......Page 31
 2.2 The Knowledge Organization Situation — A Description......Page 33
 2.3 Re-Describing Knowledge Organization: A Proposal for a New Understanding......Page 35
 2.4 Knowledge Organization — A Genre and Activity-Based View......Page 39
  2.4.1 Knowledge Organization as Social Action......Page 41
  2.4.2 Knowledge Organization and Typification......Page 44
  2.4.3 Genre, Users and Knowledge Organization......Page 46
  2.4.4 Genre, Activity and Knowledge Organization......Page 47
 References......Page 55
Chapter 3 Genres without Writers: Information Systems and Distributed Authorship......Page 60
 3.1 Genre Innovation as the Product of Purposeful Writer Intervention: Spinuzzi’s “Secret Sauce”......Page 65
 3.2 Genre Regulation in Cultural Heritage Metadata: The Role of Standards......Page 67
 3.3 Writerless Genre Change through Aggregation: The Case of Uncle Tom’s Cabin......Page 73
 3.4 Writerless Genre Change through Access Mechanism: Effects of Keyword Search......Page 77
 References......Page 82
Chapter 4 Genre and Typified Activities in Informing and Personal Information Management......Page 84
 4.2 Literature Review......Page 85
 4.3 Studies and Methods......Page 87
  4.4.2 The Informed Choice Discussion as an Oral Genre......Page 89
  4.4.4 The Informed Choice Genre system......Page 93
  4.5.1 Setting......Page 94
  4.5.2 Calendars as Genres in Course Planning......Page 95
  4.5.3 The Course Planning Genre Set......Page 98
  4.5.4 The Course Planning Genre System......Page 100
 4.6 Discussion......Page 102
 References......Page 104
Chapter 5 The Role of Calendars in Constructing a Community of Historical Workers in the Public Records Office of Great Britain ca. 1850s–1950s......Page 108
 5.1 Setting the Scene: Background to the Large-Scale Publication of Calendars in the PRO......Page 112
 5.2 The PRO Calendars......Page 113
 5.3 The Ideologies of the PRO Calendars......Page 115
 5.4 The Role of Calendars in Constructing a Community of Historical Workers......Page 121
 5.5 The Decline of the PRO Calendars......Page 125
 5.6 Conclusion......Page 127
 References......Page 128
Chapter 6 Organizational Records as Genres: An Analysis of the “Documentary Reality” of Organizations from the Perspectives of Diplomatics, Records Management, and Rhetorical Genre Studies......Page 132
 6.1 Introduction......Page 133
 6.2 The Nature of Records......Page 134
 6.3 The Documentary Reality of Diplomatics and Records Management......Page 136
 6.4 Recordkeeping from a Genre Perspective......Page 137
 6.5 The Ideology of Records......Page 138
 6.6 Records between Stability and Change......Page 139
 6.7 Record Interactions: Abstract vs. Situated Approaches......Page 141
 6.8 Records as Forms of Life — and a Methodological Note......Page 143
 6.9 Conclusion......Page 145
 References......Page 146
Chapter 7 Genres of War: Informing a City......Page 150
 7.1 A Few Words on Genre Theory and Information History......Page 153
 7.2 The City of Copenhagen, 1800–1815......Page 155
 7.3 From City to Fortress: Information-of-War......Page 158
 7.4 Sitting Out a Siege: Vigilant and Alerted......Page 161
 7.5 Writing up a Defeat and Listing up a Siege......Page 164
 7.6 Concluding Remarks......Page 166
 References......Page 167
 Material from the Royal Library in Copenhagen......Page 171
Chapter 8 Utterance and Function in Genre Studies: A Literary Perspective......Page 172
 References......Page 191
Final Summary: Genre Theory in Information Studies......Page 196
 References......Page 198
Index......Page 200