cdb5cc7a_When_Knowledge_Worlds_Collide__as__screeds__manifestos__etc__
[NAME] Kristin [Reading] General
I side with Helmreich’s critique that “When cultural and natural systems are collapsed into a common language of adaptation and evolution, and when they are modeled using identical methods of computer simulation, we must be careful not to lose sight of the social histories and processes that get washed under these practices and technologies of representation” (261). Yet, Lansing spends time in his book on diagnosis of the Balinese culture. I think that only in this isolated context of his book, can the simulation be accepted as a useful tool for visualizing and analyzing the water management information.
When Knowledge Worlds Collide
AGENDA ITEM (questions, comments, ideas, screeds, manifestos, etc.)