CO SCI 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Embeddedness, Congenital Disorder, Eurostat
Document Summary
A spatial, temporal, or spatio-temporal segmentation of the world. Categorization shapes decision-making in the risk management (of child-birth) To characterize & classify is within human nature. Function of the brain to seek out causal associations within our external environment or the sensory reality we create. Any aspects of school, home, or hospital reveal system of classification e. g. medication stored according to frequency of use. Ordinarily, standards & classifications establish themselves as normal/as a central part of our lives. Specifying what a group of people should do or have (e. g. what a child with adhd should have) taking away discretion from the individual practitioner. Operated by a set of (binary) characteristics. Look at characteristics & decide afterwards if it fits in a certain class. Follows foucault, but in a more detailed way. Compare object with idea in your mind. If something looks like a chair, it is a chair. Problem: different groups have different picture in mind.
