Boundary Objects and Beyond - Working with Leigh Star (Paperback)

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 revealed the social and ethical histories that are deeply embedded in classification systems. Star's most celebrated concept was the notion of boundary objects: representational forms-things or theories-that can be shared between different communities, with each holding its own understanding of the representation. Unfortunately, Leigh was unable to complete a work on the poetics of infrastructure that further developed the full range of her work. This volume collects articles by Star that set out some of her thinking on boundary objects, marginality, and infrastructure, together with essays by friends and colleagues from a range of disciplines-from philosophy of science to organization science-that testify to the wide-ranging influence of Star's work. Contributors Ellen Balka, Eevi E. Beck, Dick Boland, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Janet Ceja Alcala, Adele E. Clarke, Les Gasser, James R. Griesemer, Gail Hornstein, John Leslie King, Cheris Kramarae, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, Karen Ruhleder, Kjeld Schmidt, Brian Cantwell Smith, Susan Leigh Star, Anselm L. Strauss, Jane Summerton, Stefan Timmermans, Helen Verran, Nina Wakeford, Jutta Weber

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Boundary Objects and Beyond
Release date:	February 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Geoffrey C Bowker (Professor and Director, VID Laboratory) • Stefan Timmermans • Adele E. Clarke (Professor of Sociology, Chair and Adjunct Professor of History of Health Sciences) • Ellen Balka (Professor)
Dimensions:	181 x 228 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	560
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-52808-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-262-52808-8
Barcode:	9780262528085

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