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Queer Theory
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Considering the Scottish census through these theoretical lenses, where the census is not a neutral representation of a reality but a tool to construct a governable population, raises questions as to whether the census is an exercise in knowledge construction or a tool to bolster the state’s capacity to manage its population. These two objectives are not exclusive: improved knowledge likely facilitates the design of more efficient ways to coerce, control and discipline people who live within a s
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― Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action
― Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action
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Hacking described his research interest ‘in classifications of people, in how they affect the people classified, and how the affects on the people in turn change the classifications.’ Hacking labeled the subjects of these studies ‘moving targets’ because researchers’ investigatory efforts change them in ways so ‘they are not quite the same kind of people as before.
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― Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action
― Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action
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