The anthropology of an equation. Sieves, spam filters, agentive algorithms, and ontologies of transformation

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 33-61

  Kockelman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Critical theory; Data mining; Digital humanities; Ontology; Science and technology studies; Sieves; Spam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901417594     PISSN: 20491115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14318/hau3.3.003     Document Type: Article

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