Joseph Dumit is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Science & Technology Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a coeditor of
Cyborgs & Citadels and
Cyborg Babies and Associate Editor of the journal
Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry.
18 Ebooks par Joseph Dumit
Lynette Hunter & Elisabeth Krimmer: Sentient Performativities of Embodiment
This collection offers writings on the body with a focus on performance, defined as both staged performance and everyday performance. Traditionally, theorizations of the body have either analyzed its …
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€177.34
Regula Valerie Burri & Joseph Dumit: Biomedicine as Culture
This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. The collection of essays brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology, sociology, …
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€88.81
Robbie Davis-Floyd & Joseph Dumit: Cyborg Babies
From fetuses scanned ultrasonically to computer hackers in daycare, contemporary children are increasingly rendered cyborg by their immersion in technoculture. As we are faced with reproductive …
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€54.82
Robbie Davis-Floyd & Joseph Dumit: Cyborg Babies
From fetuses scanned ultrasonically to computer hackers in daycare, contemporary children are increasingly rendered cyborg by their immersion in technoculture. As we are faced with reproductive …
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€54.82
Regula Valerie Burri & Joseph Dumit: Biomedicine as Culture
This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. It brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology, sociology, history, and science s …
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€58.49
Regula Valerie Burri & Joseph Dumit: Biomedicine as Culture
This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary biomedicine as a cultural practice. It brings together leading scholars from cultural anthropology, sociology, history, and science s …
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€58.66
Joseph Dumit: Picturing Personhood
By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly–and sometimes not so subtly–transforming how we think about our minds. Picturing Personhood follows this r …
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€52.99
Catelijne Coopmans & Michael E. Lynch: Representation in Scientific Practice Revisited
A fresh approach to visualization practices in the sciences that considers novel forms of imaging technology and draws on recent theoretical perspectives on representation.Representation in …
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€114.06
Beatriz da Costa & Kavita Philip: Tactical Biopolitics
Scientists, scholars, and artists consider the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences.Popular culture in this "biological century" seems to feed on …
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€63.33
Olga Amsterdamska & Edward J. Hackett: Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
A comprehensive and authoritative overview of current research, major theoretical perspectives, and new research directions in the study of science, technology, and society.Science and Technology …
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€192.56
Ulrike Felt & Rayvon Fouche: Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing …
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€202.84
Christopher M. Kelty: Two Bits
In Two Bits, Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software but also music, film, …
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€39.24
Jeffrey S. Juris: Networking Futures
Since the first worldwide protests inspired by Peoples’ Global Action (PGA)-including the mobilization against the November 1999 World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle-anti-corporate …
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€39.28
Michael M. J. Fischer: Anthropological Futures
In Anthropological Futures, Michael M. J. Fischer explores the uses of anthropology as a mode of philosophical inquiry, an evolving academic discipline, and a means for explicating the complex and …
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€40.47
Karen-Sue Taussig: Ordinary Genomes
Ordinary Genomes is an ethnography of genomics, a global scientific enterprise, as it is understood and practiced in the Netherlands. Karen-Sue Taussig’s analysis of the Dutch case illustrates how …
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€35.79
Hans-Jorg Rheinberger: Epistemology of the Concrete
An Epistemology of the Concrete brings together case studies and theoretical reflections on the history and epistemology of the life sciences by Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, one of the world’s foremost …
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€38.50
Nancy N. Chen & Aihwa Ong: Asian Biotech
Providing the first overview of Asia’s emerging biosciences landscape, this timely and important collection brings together ethnographic case studies on biotech endeavors such as genetically modified …
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€37.94
Joseph Dumit: Drugs for Life
Every year the average number of prescriptions purchased by Americans increases, as do healthcare expenditures, which are projected to reach one-fifth of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2020. In …
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€35.45
