Artikel

Traceability

Traceability is an increasingly prominent research topic in decentralised technosocial systems in fields as diverse as health, sustainability, finance, and supply chain management. At the same time, traceability connotes different meanings and potentialities within each of these fields. This Glossary article homes in on "traceability" as a concept that is deceptively simple but fundamentally crucial in blockchain technologies. First, the entry provides an overview of the historical background of traceability within digital technologies. The entry then outlines the most critical dimensions of the concept by relating the term to questions about accountability, explainability, and speculation. Finally, emergent methodological and theoretical insights concerning traceability as a paradoxical concept in distributed technologies are highlighted.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Internet Policy Review ; ISSN: 2197-6775 ; Volume: 11 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-12 ; Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Classification
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Subject
Traceability
Tracing app
Message tracing
Accountability

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Thylstrup, Nanna Bonde
Archer, Matthew
Ravn, Louis
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.14763/2022.1.1646
Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET

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  • Artikel

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  • Thylstrup, Nanna Bonde
  • Archer, Matthew
  • Ravn, Louis
  • Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Time of origin

  • 2022

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