Historia och klassifikation : en jämförande studie av historiedelarna i Dewey Decimal Classification och Nippon Decimal Classification
(2011) ABMM43 20111Division of ALM, Digital Cultures and Publishing Studies
- Abstract
- This Master’s thesis compares and analyses the parts pertaining to history in the US American classification system Dewey Decimal Classification and the Japanese classification system Nippon Decimal Classification. The foundation of the study is a social constructionist viewpoint where society, people and knowledge are assumed to be socially constructed and thereby the systems are studied in relation to this idea. Both systems tell a story of the history that has passed in their ountries but not only that, they also tell a story about the societies in which they function. The conclusion is that a classification system is connected to the society in which it functions, it is not devoid of values and norms but instead displays a specific... (More)
- This Master’s thesis compares and analyses the parts pertaining to history in the US American classification system Dewey Decimal Classification and the Japanese classification system Nippon Decimal Classification. The foundation of the study is a social constructionist viewpoint where society, people and knowledge are assumed to be socially constructed and thereby the systems are studied in relation to this idea. Both systems tell a story of the history that has passed in their ountries but not only that, they also tell a story about the societies in which they function. The conclusion is that a classification system is connected to the society in which it functions, it is not devoid of values and norms but instead displays a specific set of these. The system is affected by the people who work on it and their view of history but is itself a part in the creation of history. (Less)
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- author
- Sernham, Cathrin LU and Ryrlind, Moa LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ABMM43 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Socialkonstruktivism, NDC, Classification, Historia, Klassifikation, Dewey Decimal Classification, DDC, Nippon Decimal, biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap, ABM, Historiedidaktik, Japan, USA, ALM, Library & Information Science
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1973388
- date added to LUP
- 2011-06-10 16:23:26
- date last changed
- 2014-04-11 14:16:30
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