Ecologies of Knowledge: Work and Politics in Science and Technology

ISBN-13: 9780791425664 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 434 str.

Susan Leigh Star

Opis

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.