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Proxies : the cultural work of standing in / Dylan Mulvin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mulvin, Dylan, author.
Series:
Infrastructures
Infrastructures series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Simulation methods--History.
Simulation methods.
Standardization--Social aspects--History.
Standardization.
Analogy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"A history of proxies and how they are made, shaped, and maintained"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Samples of the world out there : the surrogate logic of proxies
How to clean a kilogram : standards, data hygiene, and the theater of objectivity
The visual culture of image engineers (or the Lena image, part 1)
Proxy justice (or the Lena image, part 2)
Living proxies : the standardized patient program
Canned chance : methods for following infrastructure.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-36624-X
0-262-36194-9
OCLC:
1256665486

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