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Center of Calculation

yuti — April 7, 2008 / 11:55 pm

How can someone judge rather something is good or bad? Moreover, how can we quantify it? Latour (1987), Callon & Muniesa (2003), proposed three-step process of calculation:

In order to be calculated, the entities taken into account have to be detached. A finite number of entities are moved, arranged and ordered in a single space. This single space has to be conceived of in a very broad sense: it is the ‘account’ itself but also, by extension, the surface of which the entities to calculate are moved, then compared and manipulated on the basis of a common operating principle.
The entities considered are associated with one another, subjected to manipulations and transformations, still in a very material sense.
A third step is necessary to obtain an accomplished calculation: a result has to be extracted.

These steps can be used when you go to the traditional market and decide to buy something. First you see some goods interested you, and then you start to negotiate with the retailer. An accomplished calculation occur when you have finished the negotiation rather you buy the goods with certain price or decided not to buy the goods.

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