Measurement Heretics: A Reading Group in Human(e) Sciences

This reading group will meet online every third Wednesday of the month with 1-2 papers at each session.

Measurement Heretics, hosted by the Measurement Lab in the Institute of Medical Humanities at Durham University, is a monthly interdisciplinary online reading group. We will look at work that engages with scientific, medical, and social measuring practices of the past and present in a way that questions the meaning and desirability of fundamental notions in philosophy of measurement (e.g., validity, standardization, quantification, precision, sensitivity/specificity). Philosophers, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, human geographers, literary scholars, scientists, medical providers, humans—all are welcome: If you have ever found it difficult to tease apart where epistemology ends and ethics begins when it comes to measurement, come join in.

This reading group is led by Rebecca Jackson, and is hosted by the Measurement Lab.

This event is free to attend.

Zoom details will be circulated closer to the event.