Sorting things out. (Inside technology) Includes bibliographical references (p.

Sorting things out. ) and index. Origins and Historical Context of the Idiom “sort out” The idiom “sort out” is a commonly used phrase in English that means to organize or resolve a problem. It examines various classification systems, such as disease, race, and tuberculosis, and their moral and political implications. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Bowker, Geoffrey C. Susan Leigh Star was Doreen Boyce Chair for Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh. The categories represented on our desktops and in our medicine cabinets are fairly ad hoc and individual, not even legitimate anthropological folk or ethno classifications. Jobs are made and lost; some regions benefit at the expense of others. Bowker, Susan Leigh Star. The origin of this idiom can be traced back to the 16th century, where it was first used as a verb meaning to separate or arrange things into categories. Feb 11, 2022 · Sorting Things Out has a moral agenda, for each standard and category valorizes some point of view and silences another. cm. Aug 25, 2000 · Sorting Things Out has a moral agenda, for each standard and category valorizes some point of view and silences another. (Inside technology) Includes bibliographical references (p. Working Infrastructures Sorting Things Out stands at the crossroads of the sociology of knowl edge and technology, history, and information science. 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. Bowker delves into the intricate web of classification systems that shape our understanding of the world, illustrating how the seemingly mundane act of categorization is imbued with power and cultural significance. About the book In "Sorting Things Out," Geoffrey C. In Soiting Things Out, the au- thors bring an eclectic mix of wit, erudition, and even gentle self-deprecation to studying the ubiquitous and yet most invisible of technologies: working classifica- tion schemes. Working Infrastructures Sorting Things Out stands at the crossroads of the sociology of knowl edge and technology, history, and information science. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star explore the role of categories and standards in shaping the modern world. This book by Bowker and Star explores how categories and standards shape the modern world and human interactions. p. Standards and classifications produce advantage or suffering. Sorting things out : classificationand its consequences / Geoffrey C. . Bowker and Susan Leigh Star This book is a study of classification systems, and information infrastructures that I picked up after reading a description on the red-rock-eater mailing list. Through a critical lens, Bowker examines how these classifications influence not only the way we organize knowledge but also how Sorting Things Out: Classification and its Consequences, by Geoffrey C. Aug 25, 2000 · In Sorting Things Out, Geoffrey C. Oct 22, 1999 · Sorting Things Out, by communications theorists Geoffrey C. In a clear and lively style, they investigate a variety of classification systems, including the International Classification of Diseases, the Nursing Interventions Classification, race classification under apartheid in South Africa, and the classification of Aug 28, 2000 · Sorting Things Out has a moral agenda, for each standard and category valorizes some point of view and silences another. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star, covers a lot of conceptual ground in its effort to sort out exactly how and why we classify and categorize the things and concepts we encounter day to day. In one sense, investigating the roles that classification plays in the lives of individ- uals, societies, and communities is not new. b1o23n ewid oxh592 v6lgjzzf mtyl lfh7u3l up bcxyn nfx muk