Santa Clara University

Publications

Refer here for publications and articles written by friends of the Center.

• Executive Scholar, Susan "Leigh" Star -On September 18 at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Susan Leigh Star, Sr. STS Center Scholar presented Residual Categories: Silence, Absence and Being an Other, a talk addressing the widespread use of residual categories (for example, none of the above) in classification systems. Link to PARC event announcement.
• Pedro Hernández- Ramos (Center for Science, Technology, and Society) is the lead author (with James L. Koch, Albert Bruno, and Eric Carlson) of an article published in the October/November 2007 issue of Innovate-Journal of Online Education, “Designing the Online Collaboratory for the Global Social Benefit Incubator.” The publication also sponsored a “webinar” presentation of the article conducted by Hernández-Ramos and Koch which was recorded and can be retrieved online. An online journal available free (registration required) at this URL: http://innovateonline.info

• Chad Raphael and Christine Bachen (Communication Department) published "Portrayals of information and communication technology on world wide web sites for girls" in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, vol. 11, no. 3, May 2006. The article was co-authored with former student Kathleen M. Lynn and current students Jessica Baldwin-Philippi and Kristen McKee. The authors were funded by a grant from the Center for Science, Technology, and Society.

• Daniel Klein and Fred Foldvary's co-edited "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How Technology Affects Old Policy Issues"

• Pedro Hernandez-Ramos' "If not here, where? Understanding teachers' use of technology in Silicon Valley schools"

• Alain-Marc Rieu's "What is Knowledge Society?"

• Kathleen Ting's "Phishing"

• Geoffrey Bowker's Publications Page

• Bowker - Future Directions

• Books by Geoffrey Bowker
• • Memory Practices in the Sciences (Inside Technology)
  • Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences (Inside Technology)
    
  • Science on the Run: Information Management and Industrial Geophysics at Schlumberger, 1920-1940 (Inside Technology)
  • Social Science, Technical Systems, and Cooperative Work: Beyond the Great Divide (Computers, Cognition and Work Series)