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What can mathematical modelling contribute to a sociology of quantification? [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Sociology of quantification has spent relatively less energies investigating mathematical modelling than it has on other forms of quantification such as statistics, metrics, or algorithms based on artificial intelligence.
Andrea Saltelli, Arnald Puy
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From sociology of quantification to ethics of quantification [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2020 Quantifications are produced by several disciplinary houses in a myriad of different styles. The concerns about unethical use of algorithms, unintended consequences of metrics, as well as the warning about statistical and mathematical malpractices are ...
Andrea Saltelli, Monica Di Fiore
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From knowledge as domination to knowledge as governmentality: a theoretical rearticulation of power in late-modern knowledge regimes [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThe article addresses a central problem in contemporary sociology: the inadequacy of classical approaches to power in explaining how expert knowledge currently organizes forms of domination in societies marked by the expansion of expertocracy, neoliberal
Marcos Parada-Ulloa +3 more
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Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2019 A diversity of modes of quantification in contemporary societies have now been explored, following the path of scholars who inspired this field, such as Alain Desrosières.
David Demortain
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Scientific autonomy in the structural bubble: from institutional bias to AI-mediated consensus [PDF]
Frontiers in Research Metrics and AnalyticsMost professional science is produced inside institutions whose survival depends on competitive funding, political legitimacy, and reputation management.
Elias Rubenstein
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Statistics and social critique
Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2014 This paper focuses on the history of the uses of statistics as a tool for socialcritique. Whereas nowadays they are very often conceived as being in the hands of the powerful, there are many historical cases when they were, on the contrary, used to ...
Alain Desrosières
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Measuring of Goodwill in Non-profit Organizations under the conditions of Globalization: The Case of Slovak Republic [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 Research background: Both the creation and quantification of goodwill are interdisciplinary issues affecting accounting, economics, law, marketing, sociology and human resources.
Podhorska Ivana
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Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2021 This article reviews the scholarship and legacy of Sally Engle Merry who died on 8th September, 2020. If focuses on a number of research fields and themes that are central to her work and collaborative engagement with other scholars, primarily across the
Anne Griffiths
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Statistics and political violence: Reflections on the Social Conflict in 2009 in Guadeloupe
Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2014 In early 2009, Guadeloupe experienced a 44-day strike against the high cost of living and against the illegitimate profits some actors realise in the Island’s economy.
Samuel Boris
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Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2019 A diversity of modes of quantification in contemporary societies have now been explored, following the path of scholars who inspired this field, such as Alain Desrosières.
David Demortain
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