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