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Stories about objects left in the wake of transactions, from cryptocurrencies to leaf-imprinted banknotes to records kept with knotted string.Museums are full of the coins, notes, …
Cosmopolitan Commons
A new approach in commons theory to understand the interactions of technology, society, and nature, supported by case studies of new transnational European commons.With the advent …
Boundary Objects and Beyond
The multifaceted work of the late Susan Leigh Star is explored through a selection of her writings and essays by friends and colleagues.Susan Leigh Star (1954-2010) was one of the …
Energy at the End of the World
Making local energy futures, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel, at the edge of the world.The islands of Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, are closer to the Arctic …
Riding the New York Subway
A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride.When the subway first opened with …
Knowledge for Sale
How free-market fundamentalists have shifted the focus of higher education to competition, metrics, consumer demand, and return on investment, and why we should change this.A new …
The Container Principle
A cultural history of the shipping container as a crucible of globalization and a cultural paradigm.We live in a world organized around the container. Standardized twenty- and …
A Billion Little Pieces
How RFID, a ubiquitous but often invisible mobile technology, identifies tens of billions of objects as they move through the world.RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is …
Subversion, Conversion, Development
Explorations of design, use, and reuse of information technology in diverse historical and cultural contexts.This book explores alternative cultural encounters with and around …
Machineries of Oil
The emergence of the international oil corporation as a political actor in the twentieth century, seen in BP's infrastructure and information arrangements in Iran.In the early …
Monitoring Movements in Development Aid
An examination of emerging information infrastructures that are intended to increase accountability and effectiveness in partnerships for development aid.In Monitoring Movements in …