WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 2 - Society for Social Studies of Science

Saturday
Knut H. Sørensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
175. Paradoxes of Quantification − ll
10:30 to 12:00 pm
Crowne Plaza: Savoy
Participants:
Dequantifying Diversity: Affirmative Action at the University of
Michigan, 2002‐2005. Fiona Greenland, University of Michigan;
Daniel Hirschman, University of Michigan
Quantification and the Diagnosis of Sexual Disorders. Kristina
Gupta, Emory University
No Accounting for Carbon: Distributed Work, Conservation and the
Perils of Quantification. Rebecca Slayton, Stanford University
On Audits and Airplanes: How Calculations Shape Systems. John
Downer, Stanford University
Taking Care of the (un‐) Account (‐able): Narrative Accounting in
Nursing Homes. Sonja Jerak‐Zuiderent, Erasmus University
Chair:
Fiona Greenland, University of Michigan
176. Author Meets Critics: Philip Mirowski's "Science‐Mart"
10:30 to 12:00 pm
Crowne Plaza: Ritz
Chair:
Rebecca Lave, Indiana University
Discussants:
Trevor Barnes, University of British Columbia
Jill A. Fisher, Vanderbilt University