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Sam Ladner on Managing Research Knowledge

The Informed Life

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What Does Thick Description Mean?

Sociology professor says there's no such thing as a perfect tag system. Instead, tags should be practical and correct to get the best out of your work. "Thick description" is about choosing things that in the future will have sufficient ambiguity to be meaningless unless you get the context ound it.

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