Machineries of Similarity and Difference
AIDS from Its Research Infrastructures
$116.75
- Paperback
340 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2026
Summary
An examination of three research infrastructures over three decades as they sought to support studies of HIV/AIDS across dramatic changes to the disease, the science, and its politics.
In Machineries of Similarity and Difference, David Ribes theorizes interoperability, or how to make different things work together. For the last 30 years, standardization has been the dominant social scientific motif for understanding coordination and collaboration across time and space. But ac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553599 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262553597 |
| Author: | David Ribes |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 340 |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Infrastructures |
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ENDORSEMENTS
“In Ribes’ captivating book, the history of North American AIDS cohort studies, with all their statistical tedium, endless forms, and mundane paperwork emerges as an epic quest for interoperability.”
—Lukas Engelmann, Professor, University of Edinburgh; author of Mapping AIDS: Visual Histories of an Enduring Epidemic
“Ribes steadfastly resists data hype, debunking fantasies of a frictionless digital world and grounding us instead in the layers of material practices that make science possible. A great read!”
—Nicole C. Nelson, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison; author of Model Behavior
David Ribes
David Ribes is Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering and Director of the Data Ecologies Lab (deLAB) at the University of Washington.
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