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Making biosecurity, making Mexico : an ethnography of biological invasion Wanderer, Emily Mannix This dissertation tracks what happens when biology, that is, both life forms and knowledge about them,...
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Rigging the world : 3D modeling and the seduction of the real Perry, Rebecca Ann Evidence from history, archaeology, and the social sciences suggests that making models of the world has anchored our...
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Project Apollo, Cold War diplomacy and the American framing of global interdependence Muir-Harmony, Teasel This dissertation examines the distinctive and critical role that space exploration played in...
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Salvage cartographies : mapping, futures, and landscapes in northwest British Columbia Özden-Schilling, Thomas Charles This dissertation examines how the proliferation of digital mapping technologies...
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View ArticleIntimate cartographies : body maps and the epistemic encounter in China and...
Intimate cartographies : body maps and the epistemic encounter in China and Britain, 1893-1985 Li, Lan Angela This dissertation explores how body maps served as a site for theoretical, experimental,...
View ArticleGoverning the shark : predators and people in the twentieth century and beyond
Governing the shark : predators and people in the twentieth century and beyond Thompson, Michaela Jane This dissertation examines the history of shark-human interactions in the twentieth and...
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Algorithmic detectives against child trafficking : data, entrapment, and the new global policing network Thakor, Mitali Nitish My dissertation explores how "anti-trafficking" has emerged as a global...
View ArticlePlatformizing higher education : computer science and the making of MOOC...
Platformizing higher education : computer science and the making of MOOC infrastructures Kelkar, Shreeharsh This dissertation investigates the role of software in institutional transformation using the...
View ArticleDoing Dutch Wax cloth : practice, politics, and 'the new Africa'
Doing Dutch Wax cloth : practice, politics, and 'the new Africa' Edoh, Amah Melissa This dissertation examines how Africa's place in the world is negotiated in different forms of material engagement...
View ArticlePaul Revere's metallurgical ride : craft and proto-industry in early America
Paul Revere's metallurgical ride : craft and proto-industry in early America Martello, Robert, 1968- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Science, Technology and Society,...
View ArticleSparking controversy : the contested use of noninvasive brain stimulation
Sparking controversy : the contested use of noninvasive brain stimulation Wexler, Anna (Anna M.) My dissertation examines the controversy over transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a...
View ArticleTwitter and the body parodic : global acts of re-creation and recreation
Twitter and the body parodic : global acts of re-creation and recreation Johnson, Amanda This dissertation investigates Twitter parody accounts as a form of social critique and linguistic play across...
View ArticleThe bureaucracy of empathy : vivisection and the question of animal pain in...
The bureaucracy of empathy : vivisection and the question of animal pain in Britain, 1876-1912 Shmuely, Shira Dina This dissertation examines the mutually reinforcing connections between science and...
View ArticleMaking a digital working class : Uber drivers in Boston, 2016-2017
Making a digital working class : Uber drivers in Boston, 2016-2017 Robinson, H. C. (Hillary C.) Pocket computers, called "smartphones," have become a part of everyday life over the past decade. Most...
View ArticleHighway madness! : politics and citizen participation in postwar U.S. traffic...
Highway madness! : politics and citizen participation in postwar U.S. traffic safety technology and policy Blackburn, Renée Marie Modern U.S. traffic safety policy is largely guided by three...
View ArticleHighway madness! : politics and citizen participation in postwar U.S. traffic...
Highway madness! : politics and citizen participation in postwar U.S. traffic safety technology and policy Blackburn, Renée Marie Modern U.S. traffic safety policy is largely guided by three...
View ArticleMeditations in an emergency : social scientists and the problem of conflict...
Meditations in an emergency : social scientists and the problem of conflict in Cold War America Burks, Marie Elizabeth Through the mode of conceptual history, this dissertation examines some of the...
View ArticleBodies at war : National Security in American controversies over animal &...
Bodies at war : National Security in American controversies over animal & human experimentation from WWI to the War on Terror Shapiro, Ryan Noah The rhetoric and apparatus of national security have...
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