Academic Identity
I am assistant professor of Sociology at Barnard College. My book (and my dissertation research) is a comparative study of technology and futures trading, an ethnography of open outcry and electronic traders. My current research is on how art specialists price cultural commodities, particularly how categories and commensuration work in the secondary/resale fine arts market. I teach courses in economic sociology, organizations, and gender.
Professional Identity
I occasionally consult, focusing on organizational change, the future of technology and financial markets, and environmental markets. I do strategic assessments of markets, technology and organizational design, with qualitative and quantitative components. If you are interested, please email me.
Personal Identity
I grew up outside Chicago, and went to school(s) at Wesleyan University, USC, and Northwestern University. I currently live in New York, with a partner who is a marketing manager for an educational nonprofit. I love movies, like to cook, and I can do a mean lindy swing out. I am INTP.
August 21, 2008
Social Science as Art
Filed under: Art — Peter @ 10:58 am
First, look at this post and tell us what you think.
Second, here are some lovely physical representations of graphical social data. As sculpture.
Consumer Confidence, 2006-07, brass, wood
Of course, I would not necessarily trust the social science chops of an artist (when I ran the numbers, it looked more like:
Consumer Confidence, 2006-7, real data
But even with the faulty peaks and valleys, still lookin’ good my friend, lookin’ good.
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