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infrastructural inversion: a standalone construct

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Science and technology studies

a methodological move that foregrounds the normally hidden infrastructures, classifications and standards behind work and knowledge.

In science and technology studies, infrastructural inversion refers to a methodological move that foregrounds the normally hidden infrastructures, classifications and standards behind work and knowledge. This meaning comes from Bowker (1999) in Sorting Things Out.[1]

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  1. Bowker, G. C., & Star, S. L. (1999). Sorting Things Out. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/6352.001.0001

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