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
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