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AFTER CERTAINTY

Person

Geoffrey C. Bowker

Science studies scholars of classification, infrastructure, and how categories hide work and marginalize cases.

Why this matters

Sorting Things Out is essential for boundary objects—when infrastructure decides what counts.

Focus in observatory

Works

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Sorting Things Out: Classification and

Bowker, Geoffrey C., and Susan Leigh Star. *Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences*. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.

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