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ajis02-250	Shields, Rob	The New 'Knowledge Speak': the implications of contested definitions of knowledge and information	2001	8	.pdf	application/pdf	6113	283	41	As knowledge processes and information have become global and operative within diverse communities, so the 'politics of knowledge-communities' has become more critical. May 2001 THE NEW 'KNOWLEDGE SPEAK': THE IMPLICATIONS OF CONTESTED DEFINITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION Rob Shields Department of Sociology and Anthropology Carleton University, Canada Edwina Taborsky Sociology and Anthropology Bishops University/University of Toronto, Canada ABSTRACT This paper presents a critique of notions of information and knowledge found in the management literature and amongst proponents of 'knowledge management' (Davenport and Prusak 2000) interviewed in the course of a study of changing operations of the Federal Government of Canada vis a vis the 'knowledge-based economy' as it is found in Canada (Shields, Taborsky, Jones, and O'Hara 2000).	cache/ajis02-250.pdf	txt/ajis02-250.txt