Statistics as a Form of Knowledge
An excerpt from Quentin Bruneau’s States and the Masters of Capital
An excerpt from Quentin Bruneau's States and the Masters of Capital...
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What is Expertise Worth?
Wikipedia, credentials, and the democratization of knowledge
A recent email solicitation from a freelance writer made the rounds among faculty at the University of Virginia. “You are not on Wikipedia!” the author exclaims with apparent amazement, despite the fact that “academics who have accomplished much less have Wikipedia pages.” Anyone who knows Wikipedia also knows that you ...
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The Future of Our Past
Digital archives and the democratization of knowledge
Usually, when I tell my students that our course will focus on archives, they almost fall asleep in front of me. In fact, it seems that the mere mention of the word “archive” triggers a yawning reflex. People imagine the archive as a far, distant, dark and dusty space, where ...
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