MICRO: What did the analyst choose to describe as “science” and/or “data” in Africa?

Querying Science and Technology Studies in Africa

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August 15, 2018

In response to:

Breckenridge, Keith. 2014. Biometric State: The Global Politics of Identification and Surveillance in South Africa, 1850 to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press.

AO: the science of biometric identification and registration systems. He notes that biometrics can best be described as the “identification of people by machines” (12).