'Lab hands' and the 'scarlet O': Epistemic politics and (scientific) labor

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-323

  Doing, Park ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Expertise; Gender; Identity; Laboratory; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042816318     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312704043677     Document Type: Review

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