19.585 VR scholarly editions

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 585.
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         Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:06:04 +0000
         From: Pat Galloway <galloway_at_ischool.utexas.edu>
         Subject: Re: 19.579 VR scholarly editions

Francois said in re Lucy Suchman's observations about CAD systems:

<quote>This leads me to ask if the satisfactory design of the tools
translates into the creation of a point through which accumulated
experience is brought to bear upon a set of materials</quote>

I find what I take to be Suchman's source, Pickering's Mangle of
Practice about the concept of "material agency," to be about just this point.

Pat Galloway
Received on Wed Feb 01 2006 - 02:30:07 EST