
Boundary Objects and Beyond
Working with Leigh Star
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2016
Summary
The multifaceted work of the late Susan Leigh Star is explored through a selection of her writings and essays by friends and colleagues.Susan Leigh Star (1954-2010) was one of the most influential science studies scholars of the last several decades. In her work, Star highlighted the messy practices of discovering science, asking hard questions about the marginalizing as well as the liberating powers of science and technology. In the landmark work Sorting Things Out, Star and Geoffrey Bowker …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262528085 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262528088 |
| Author: | Geoffrey C. Bowker, Stefan Timmermans, Adele E. Clarke, Ellen Balka |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 884g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Boundary Objects and Beyond |
About The Author
Geoffrey C. Bowker
Geoffrey C. Bowker is Professor and Director of the Evoke Lab at the University of California, Irvine. He is the coauthor (with Susan Leigh Star) of Sorting Things Out- Classification and Its Consequences and the author of Memory Practices in the Sciences, both published by the MIT Press.Stefan Timmermans is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.Adele E. Clarke is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco.Ellen Balka is Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University.Geoffrey C. Bowker is Professor and Director of the Evoke Lab at the University of California, Irvine. He is the coauthor (with Susan Leigh Star) of Sorting Things Out- Classification and Its Consequences and the author of Memory Practices in the Sciences, both published by the MIT Press.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Adele E. Clarke is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.James R. Griesemer is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis.James R. Griesemer is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis.Brian Cantwell Smith is Reid Hoffman Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Human at the University of Toronto, where he is also Professor of Information, Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. He is the author of On the Origin of Objects (MIT Press).Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Geoffrey C. Bowker is Professor and Director of the Evoke Lab at the University of California, Irvine. He is the coauthor (with Susan Leigh Star) of Sorting Things Out- Classification and Its Consequences and the author of Memory Practices in the Sciences, both published by the MIT Press.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Ellen Balka is Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.Stefan Timmermans is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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