Ecologies of Knowledge: Work and Politics in Science and Technology (Suny Series in Science, Technology, and Society) (Suny Series, Science, Technology, & Society) - Softcover

9780791425664: Ecologies of Knowledge: Work and Politics in Science and Technology (Suny Series in Science, Technology, and Society) (Suny Series, Science, Technology, & Society)

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ISBN 10: 0791425665 ISBN 13: 9780791425664

Verlag: State University of New York Press, 1995

This collection of articles provides a comprehensive overview of personal and public issues related to social change and how they shape scientific and technical knowledge. Ecologies of Knowledge provides a comprehensive overview of issues relating to work, politics, and the latest perspectives on the role of materials, feminism, "nonhumans", and work practices as shaping scientific and technical knowledge. In addition to theoretical contributions, the authors cover biotechnology, computing, representations and space, aerospace engineering, and a variety of ethical perspectives and controversies in these domains.

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Susan Leigh Star is Associate Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate in Women's Studies and Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Affiliate Research Scientist at the Institute for Research on Learning, Palo Alto. She is the author of Regions of the Mind: Brain Research and the Quest for Scientific Certainty, and editor of The Cultures of Computing.

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Verlag: State University of New York Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 10: 0791425665
ISBN 13: 9780791425664
Einband: Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten: 434
Herausgeber: Star Susan Leigh
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