Beschreibung:
Susan Leigh Star is Associate Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate in Women's Studies and Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Affiliate Research Scientist at the Institute for Research on Learning, Palo Alto. She is the author of Regions of the Mind: Brain Research and the Quest for Scientific Certainty, and editor of The Cultures of Computing.
This collection of articles provides a comprehensive overview of personal and public issues related to social change and how they shape scientific and technical knowledge.