Wendy Espeland
Biographic Data
| ID | 292331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Espeland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy |
| FAMILY NAME | Espeland |
| SIGNATURE | ESPELAND W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Islands of Qualities in an Ocean of Quantification”
In this interview, Wendy Espeland and Michael Sauder both reflect on their work on rankings, reactivity and commensuration, and think about the implication their sociological work could have on the practices of those dealing with rankings and their reactive effects
When Numbers Rule - Alain Supiot, Governance by Numbers
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Ethical dimensions of quantification
The ethical dimensions of quantification are seldom analysed. We examine three ethical features that are characteristic of quantification - its capacity to express or mediate power, focus attention, and shape opportunity structures. We do so in the context of three recent examples of new types of quantification : university rankings, the racial classification of Asians in the US, and facial recognition algorithms. Our examples highlight the impor…
Standards and Their Stories
The New Resource Wars
Legally Mediated Identity
In representing the interests of a group, law may simultaneously construct the subject holding those interests. When groups question the implications of an imposed subjectivity, the politics of identity may become a forum for resistance. I examine law's potential to shape identity, based on a controversial decision affecting Yavapai residents of the Fort McDowell Reservation in Arizona. A proposed dam threatened to move the Yavapai from their anc…
Power, policy and paperwork
Legally Mediated Identity
In representing the interests of a group, law may simultaneously construct the subject holding those interests. When groups question the implications of an imposed subjectivity, the politics of identity may become a forum for resistance. I examine law's potential to shape identity, based on a controversial decision affecting Yavapai residents of the Fort McDowell Reservation in Arizona. A proposed dam threatened to move the Yavapai from their anc…
Power, policy and paperwork
Ethical dimensions of quantification
The ethical dimensions of quantification are seldom analysed. We examine three ethical features that are characteristic of quantification - its capacity to express or mediate power, focus attention, and shape opportunity structures. We do so in the context of three recent examples of new types of quantification : university rankings, the racial classification of Asians in the US, and facial recognition algorithms. Our examples highlight the impor…
Standards and Their Stories
Power, policy and paperwork
The New Resource Wars
Legally Mediated Identity
In representing the interests of a group, law may simultaneously construct the subject holding those interests. When groups question the implications of an imposed subjectivity, the politics of identity may become a forum for resistance. I examine law's potential to shape identity, based on a controversial decision affecting Yavapai residents of the Fort McDowell Reservation in Arizona. A proposed dam threatened to move the Yavapai from their anc…
Standards and Their Stories
When Numbers Rule - Alain Supiot, Governance by Numbers
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Ethical dimensions of quantification
The ethical dimensions of quantification are seldom analysed. We examine three ethical features that are characteristic of quantification - its capacity to express or mediate power, focus attention, and shape opportunity structures. We do so in the context of three recent examples of new types of quantification : university rankings, the racial classification of Asians in the US, and facial recognition algorithms. Our examples highlight the impor…
Islands of Qualities in an Ocean of Quantification”
In this interview, Wendy Espeland and Michael Sauder both reflect on their work on rankings, reactivity and commensuration, and think about the implication their sociological work could have on the practices of those dealing with rankings and their reactive effects
Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Bureaucracy (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 works)