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Focusing on the history of prehistoric archaeology in the 20th century, this papers shows (1) that statistical multidimensional analyses were carried out by a new kind of actors who challenged the previous common language shared by prehistorians. This fundamental change was important, considering that (2) language is a fundamental point for the epistemology of archaeology. However, a comparison of...
This paper scrutinises the relationship between Georges Laplace and Italian prehistoric research during the second half of the 20th century. The intellectual and institutional consequences of Laplace’s scientific mobility are analysed both as regards the evolution of Italian Palaeolithic research and Laplace’s own professional career. This individual-centred perspective also appears as a relevant...
This paper explores the careers of four engineers who entered the archaeological field of research during the second half of the twentieth century. The relations between two communities of practices are addressed, relying on concepts we borrow both from the sociology of interest groups and from the social studies of science. Although these engineers promoted the use of statistics and of computing...
The challenge of automatically recommending job offers to appropriate job seekers is a topic that has attracted many research effort during the last times. However, it is generally assumed that there is a need of more user-friendly filtering methods so that the automated recommendation systems might be more widely used. We present here two methods from the data analytics field being able to disseminate...
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