Transdiscipline contributions

From Knowledge Federation

Ramón> often innovation ecosystems involve different not transdiscipline actors. Hybrizating knowledge is one thing, but often these ecosystems are disconnected to innovation knowledge.

Dino> traditional journalism can work as a straitjacket, but the journalist of the future should learn more than 'new media'. What are the basic skills that empower that both empower and liberate the journalist of the future? What are the key domains of knowledge related to journalism, specially change-related ones? If a domain map is created, what are the key issues that differentiate journalism?

David> it'd be interested to define the role of the journalist and how information can be encapsulated in the most efficient ways, graphic, textual, etc.

Xavier (answering David)> a journalist should have a deep knowledge of society and of tools at his/her disposal, a 'good' ecosystem should be able to balance these two aspects, but that cannot be done by a single person anymore, technology has become too complex.

David (answering Xavier)> some visualization tools are becoming increasily 'usable', like blogs became some years ago.

Ramón (adding to David)> many types of narratives coexist and are written collectively/collaboratively.

Sasha(adding to David)> it is a transitional period where technology seems to overpower journalists.

Xavier (summarizing)> we need to have a system that makes things easier for us in technological terms.

Dino> we should establish a division between production and collection technologies.

Ramón 'protests' creating a story is (still) the final product.

Sasha 'protests' it is necessary to emphasize that stories are produced through technology.

Raquel emphasizes the ensemble of technologies can be understood as a panoplia of sources, that work simultaneously and are based on many people, even 'collective intelligence' efforts.

Dino> In knowledge terms, what methodology aspects have to be taken into account? Also, methodology is developed in transdisciplinary terms. We have 'good' journalism in the middle, enabbled by technology and methodology, as well as resources and background from journalism and other fields. The last branch of this prospective tree is 'prototypes', examples of good functions.

Jordi> Not only statistical but also more emotional information is relevant in methodological terms.

Xavier> Where do we place the journalist in Dino's prospective tree? Should not we connect the journalist figure with some sort of education?

Dino puts an example of a university course for any kind of background, so that everybody learns what they need to learn, we want to do something similar, related to the information design approach. We want to create a map which can be expanded, which can expand knowledge.

David> not only how a story is told but also how a story is perceived is important in journalism.

How to trust a (new media) story? (common and simultaneous thread)

Ramón> Data-based Argumented Authority Transformative qualities Complicated balance between cooperation and competition; way too often, transparency is just a facade, open innovation is not really in operation many times

David> incentive of improving reputation by trusting each other, also can be applied to journalistic practices. Certain standards and ethos must be embraced. One dimension of your reputation is the trail it leaves behind. Another one is a collaboration, which is worth protecting.

Xavier> At Wikidiario, a story can always be reedited and stories are related to each other. To work only in one story is not useful as it used to be.