Karin Knorr Cetina

Karin Knorr Cetina is an Austrian sociologist well known for her work on epistemology and social constructionism, summarized in the books The Manufacture of Knowledge: An Essay on the Constructivist and Contextual Nature of Science (1981) and Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge (1999). Currently, she focuses on the study of global microstructures and social studies of finance. Knorr Cetina studied at the University of Vienna, receiving a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology (with a minor in sociology) in 1971. Currently, she is the Otto Borchert Distinguished Service Professor (Jointly Appointed in Anthropology) and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago.

As of 2016

Campus 2016: The Technosphere Issue
Anthropocene Curriculum
2016, Apr 14, Thu — 2016, Apr 22, Fri

Events

The Pregnant Oyster – Doubts on Universalism

Exhibition, talks, workshops and guided tours

Jun 30–Jul 3, 2022

Dictionary of Now

Karin Knorr-Cetina, Philip Mirowski & Nick Srnicek – MARKET

Lectures, talk, interventions by the Chor der Kulturen der Welt

Dec 12, 2017