This book investigates standards as the recipes that shape not only the physical world, but human social interactions. The author outlines the history of formal standards and describes how modern science came to be associated with the moral-technical project of standardization o…
Samples of the world out there : the surrogate logic of proxies -- How to clean a kilogram : standards, data hygiene, and the theater of objectivity --The visual culture of image engineers (or the Lena image, part 1) -- Proxy justice (or the Lena image, part 2) -- Living proxies…
"This multi-disciplinary book conceptualises, maps and analyses ongoing standardisation processes of risk issues across various sectors, processes and practices. Standards are not only technical specifications and guidelines to support efficient risk governance, but also contain…
"This multi-disciplinary book conceptualises, maps and analyses ongoing standardisation processes of risk issues across various sectors, processes and practices. Standards are not only technical specifications and guidelines to support efficient risk governance, but also contain…