Memory Practices in the Sciences

by Geoffrey C. Bowker

Book Overview

How the way we hold knowledge about the past--in books, in file folders, in databases--affects the kind of stories we tell about the past.

The way we record knowledge, and the web of technical, formal, and social practices that surrounds it, inevitably affects the knowledge that we record. The ways we hold knowledge about the past--in handwritten manuscripts, in printed books, in file folders, in databases--shape the kind of stories we tell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524899
• ISBN13: 9780262524896
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher