June 6th: Collaborative Rhythms

Today I read the article, "Collaborative Rhythms." This article provides numerous significant examples that display the complexity of temporal dynamics when studying collaboration specifically in both ecology and the earth sciences. I found this article to be very intriguing because this is a concept of collaboration I have never thought about before. Before starting this course, I can safely say that I thought of the word "collaboration" in a different light, and much less complex. Just reading different articles that discuss how in depth this topic can go have opened my eyes to seeing the bigger picture of collaboration. I have also come to realize that many people have a misconception of what collaboration means. This has surprised me because I have never thought of collaboration as a confusing concept. "Collaborative Rhythms" was also interesting because I learned about how scientific work is organized by four separate rhythms, and that collaboration plays one of the largest roles. This is something I did not know beforehand.