@inbook{aeee6fdaa7ca4c6e830538a0cfad0ec7,
title = "Information cultures: Shapings and shapes of information",
abstract = "The purpose of this article is to suggest a genealogy of the concept of information beyond the 20th century. The article discusses how the concept of information culture might provide a way of formulating such a genealogic strategy. The article approaches this purpose by providing a general narrative of premodern information cultures, examining works on early-modern scholars and 18th century savants and discussion of what seems to be a Foucauldian rupture in the conceptualization of information in 19th century England. The findings of the article are situated in the thinking that a genealogy of information would reveal that information had specific purposes in specific settings. ",
keywords = "Faculty of Humanities, information cultures, genealogy, secret information, information control, Information history, Information history, Foucault, Information culture, Denmark 1800-1815",
author = "Laura Skouvig",
year = "2017",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-78714-532-0",
series = "Studies in Information",
publisher = "Emerald Group Publishing",
pages = "17--33",
editor = "Andersen, {Jack } and Laura Skouvig",
booktitle = "The Organization of Knowledge",
address = "United Kingdom",
}