| Title | The Politics of Formal Representations: Wizards, Gurus, and Organizational Complexity |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1995 |
| Authors | Star, Susan Leigh |
| Pagination | 88 |
| Publisher | SUNY Press |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-4384-2097-4 |
| Abstract | Ecologies of Knowledge provides a comprehensive overview of issues relating to work, politics, and the latest perspectives on the role of materials, feminism, "nonhumans," and work practices as shaping scientific and technical knowledge. In addition to theoretical contributions, the authors cover biotechnology, computing, representations and space, aerospace engineering, and a variety of ethical perspectives and controversies in these domains. |
| Notes | 'Susan Leigh Star reminds her readers that such “formal representations” render the political decisions that go into their creation invisible – while such representations appear “neutral and objective to many, if not most, people, [...] in fact, information is highly decentralized and always incomplete.” Thus, society tends to “delegate moral decisions or responsibilities to technology in ways that are blind.” This argument is particularly interesting with how Sem Web people characterize their job as formalizing knowledge.\n - poiril'
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