Techno-solutionism and the standard human in the making of the COVID-19 pandemic
Quantification is particularly seductive in times of global uncertainty. Not surprisingly, numbers, indicators, categorizations, and comparisons are central to governmental and popular response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This essay draws insights from critical data studies, sociology of quantificatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Big Data & Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951720966781 |