Towards the Gigantic: Entification and Standardization as Technologies of Control
This paper is based on studies of how standardized entities work as elements in a regime to control risk and hazardous work. Drawing on empirical examples from the petroleum industry and infrastructure sectors, we illustrate not only the mech-anisms by which particular modes of entification are invo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2012-12-01
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Series: | Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.124617 |