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A Network Model of Expertise

University of Toronto

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	Abstract

In this article, the author proposes a dynamic, interdisciplinary, network conception of expertise that differs from conventional static, linear conceptions. Using a range of graphic images, the author propose specific visualizations of this network conception of expertise. First, he discusses attempts to pin expertise down in a definition. Then he considers the network of notions from which expertise emerges. The author briefly describes representative nodes in the network, such as experience and excellence. He concludes with the view that there is no need to compromise the many existing conceptions of expertise by forcing them into a false common ground. Instead, he shows that existing accounts of expertise can be better understood by viewing them as connected parts of a complex network.

First published on August 14, 2008, doi:10.1177/0270467608322587

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 2008;28:414.

A more recent version of this article appeared on October 1, 2008


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