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is a set of social methods in its own right, capable of working only on material representations, the products of surveillance which are also relational effects, and are thus also precarious.

Note, again, the caveat about relational circumstances. As Weber well understood, calculation is not a deus ex machina. It is a set of social methods or relations in its own right. Furthermore, it can only work on material representations -the products of surveillance which are also relational effects. Thus as I have indicated, systems of representation -of immutable mobiles -are also precarious. The analogy with the problem of political representation is direct, for as with any other form of translation, representation is fallible, and it cannot be foretold whether a representative will successfully speak for (and so mask) what it claims to represent. (Law 1992: 6)

is a set of social methods or relations. It can only work on potentially fallible material representations.

is, in the form of literacy, bureaucracy, print, the development of double-entry book-keeping, responsible for increased network robustness.

Drawing on the work of historians (e.g. Ivins, 1975, Eisenstein, 1980) and anthropologist (Goody, 1977... Ong, 1982), they thus consider the relationship between literacy, bureaucracy, print, the development of double-entry book-keeping, and newer electronic technologies on the one hand, and the capacity to foresee outcomes on the other. The argument is that under the appropriate relational circumstances such innovations have important calculational consequences, which in turn increases network robustness. (Law 1992 : 6)

is not a deus ex maChina. It is a set of social methods or relations in its own right. Furthermore, it can only work on material representations -the products of surveillance which are also relational effects.

Note, again, the caveat about relational circumstances. As Weber well understood, calculation is not a deus ex machina. It is a set of social methods or relations in its own right. Furthermore, it can only work on material representations -the products of surveillance which are also relational effects. Thus as I have indicated, systems of representation -of immutable mobiles -are also precarious. The analogy with the problem of political representation is direct, for as with any other form of translation, representation is fallible, and it cannot be foretold whether a representative will successfully speak for (and so mask) what it claims to represent. (Law 1992: 6).

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