While the history and practices of collecting have received considerable attention over the
past few decades, the notion of erasure–of the deleting, removal or destruction of material …

The 'Robodebt'scheme was an initiative pursued by the Australian Department of Human
Services between 2016 and 2019 to increase the amount of money recovered from …

In light of increasing artificial intelligence and proliferating conspiracy, technofetishism and
moral panics, faith in ubiquitous data capture and mistrust of public institutions, the …

This Element provides a pedagogical overview of the history of knowledge, including its
main currents, distinguishing ideas, and key concepts. However, it is not primarily a state-of …

Abortion is a “public secret” in Latin America. It is highly restricted across most of the
continent and yet millions of abortions take place every year. We use the sociological …

This article examines the evolution of UK military doctrine on counterintelligence (CI), one of
the more consistently troubled aspects of military doctrine in general and intelligence …

This chapter examines John Lockman's translation of the first ten volumes of the Lettres
édifiantes et curieuses, a famous collection of Jesuit letters and treatises from all four …

Sixteenth-and seventeenth-century printers of European travel literature drew from a steady
repertoire of images whose repetition was part of the accrediting mechanism of early …

Agnotology is the study of culturally and socially constructed ignorance. This paper seeks to
marry the emerging field of agnotology with the institutions and mechanisms of politics by …

Réfléchir et éduquer en termes de capacités au temps de la complexité n'est pas chose
facile. Le processus de formation doit faire face aujourd'hui à un défi pressant, celui d'arriver …