Ambiguity as a tool for both changing and stabilizing classification systems
Last weekend, I attended a conference at Stanford University on “Uncertainty: Ambiguity and doubt in knowledge production”. At it, I presented a paper on how the Wassenaar Arrangement uses ambiguity to both stabilize and change the classification system. For instance, it was by purposefully creating ambiguity in the areas of concern for Wassenaar that countries such as Russia were able to buy into the Arrangement. By not being directed at… Read More »Ambiguity as a tool for both changing and stabilizing classification systems