Join Professor Dan Bouk for ‘Independent Accounts: Stories of Expertise and Politics in the New York City Budget since 1989’.
About Dan
Dan Bouk is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History, Colgate University. He researches bureaucracies, quantification, and other modern things shrouded in cloaks of boringness that structure the experience of being a human in society. His latest book, Democracy’s Data, was among the New York Times’ 100 notable books for 2022. His research blog is at shroudedincloaksofboringness.com.
In-person and online
This event is available in-person (University of Edinburgh (High School Yards) and University of Glasgow) and online. Final details will be supplied on registration.
Refreshments: tea/coffee/etc provided in-person in Edinburgh
Please register for one of the in-person options if you think you are likely to join up in-person so we can anticipate capacity and catering; zoom details will be sent to everyone.
UoE co-hosts/sponsors:
Science Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS); Institute for the Study of Science Technology and Innovation (ISSTI); Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy at Edinburgh (SKAPE); EFI Critical Data Studies Research Cluster; Glasgow co-host/sponsor: University of Glasgow Economic and Social History
