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Alternatives to Being Information Literate

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Archaeology and Archaeological Information in the Digital Society shows how the digitization of archaeological information, tools and workflows, and their interplay with both old and new non-digital practices throughout the archaeological information process, affect the outcomes of archaeological work, and in the end, our general understanding of the human past.

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CApturing Paradata for documenTing data creation and Use for the REsearch of the future (CAPTURE) investigates what information about the creation and use of research data that is paradata) is needed and how to capture enough of that information to make the data reusable in the future. 

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COST-ARKWORK

COST-ARKWORK is a network funded by the COST scheme that brings together the multidisciplinary work of researchers of archaeological practices in the field of archaeological knowledge production and use. The aim of the network is to make a major push forward in the current state-of-the-art in knowing how archaeological knowledge is produced, how it is used and how to maximise its positive impact in the society.

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About me

Isto Huvila

(né Isto Vatanen)
Professor in
Information Studies

Department of ALM
Uppsala University

Docent (adjunct professor) in information management
Information studies
Åbo Akademi University

Isto Huvila is working on management and organisation of what we know and how we know in contexts ranging from social media to more traditional arenas of learning and working. My special areas of expertise are organisational information, social media, health, archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage.

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Recent posts

  • Panel: Opening-up memory making: inquiries into memory modalities in digital media ecologies
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Latest Publications

When are participatory memory practices?
Huvila, I. (2020). When are participatory memory practices?. Poem Newsletter. Retrieved from https://www.poem-horizon.eu/when-are-participatory-memory-practices/
Ecology of archaeological information work
Huvila, I. (2018). Ecology of archaeological information work. In I. Huvila (Ed.) (pp. 121-141). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://istohuvila.se/sites/default/files/06-Huvila-EcologyOfArchaeologicalInformationWork-Preprint.pdf
I do not share it with others. No, it s for me, it s my care : On sharing of patient accessible electronic health records
Nurgalieva, L., Cajander, Å., Moll, J., Åhlfeldt, R. -M., Huvila, I., & Marchese, M. (2020). I do not share it with others. No, it s for me, it s my care : On sharing of patient accessible electronic health records. Health Informatics, 26, 2554-2567. http://doi.org/10.1177/1460458220912559 (Original work published apr)
Classifying Health Information Interactions and their Motivations: A Study with Older Adults and Electronic Patient Portals
Huvila, I., Eriksson-Backa, K., Hirvonen, N., & Enwald, H. (2020). Classifying Health Information Interactions and their Motivations: A Study with Older Adults and Electronic Patient Portals. (P. Bath, Jokela, P., & Sbaffi, L., Eds.). Kalmar and Sheffield: Linnaeus University, University of Sheffield.
Do you want to receive bad news through your patient accessible electronic health record? A national survey on receiving bad news in an era of digital health
Rexhepi, H., Moll, J., Huvila, I., & Åhlfeldt, R. -M. (2020). Do you want to receive bad news through your patient accessible electronic health record? A national survey on receiving bad news in an era of digital health. (P. Bath, Jokela, P., & Sbaffi, L., Eds.). Kalmar and Sheffield: Linnaeus University, University of Sheffield.

Forthcoming presentations

  • Making and taking data
  • Paradata to the people! Documenting documentation and more
  • Archaeological practices and knowledge work in the digital environment @ CAA 2021
  • Panel: Opening-up memory making: inquiries into memory modalities in digital media ecologies
  • Everyday Health Information Literacy and Attitudes towards Digital Health Information among Older Finnish Adults