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The '''Sociotechnocanonicon Great Books Discussion Series''' allows members of the CDSC to build their familiarity with some of the classic works which are foundational to the collective's research program.

The discussions are open to all, and facilitated by senior members of CDSC in order to introduce the broader context of the work. Meetings are held in person and aired over Jitsi for remote participation. Themes we often try to cover including collective action, social movements, participatory-democracy, networks, sociomateriality, sociotechnical systems, and cooperation.

This page covers the Summer 2024 version of the reading group. Links to previous years are at the bottom of the page.

== 2024 Call for Suggestions! ==

=== Books ===
* Already planned: [2024-05-24 at 1:00pm PDT; 3:00pm CDT; 4:00pm EDT] [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674971141 The Ordinal Society by Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy]. Organized by [[User:groceryheist|Nate]].

* [https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5760/The-Curious-Culture-of-Economic-Theory The Curious Culture of Economic Theory] by Ran Spiegler — This is an economist's reflections on the professional culture of economic theory, should be fun to read about how economics develop their theories, and reflect generally on social sciences. -- from [[User:yibinfan|Yibin]]

* [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691156989/rules Rules: A short history of what we live by] by Lorraine Daston [[User:Kaylea|Kaylea]] ([[User talk:Kaylea|talk]]) 04:09, 10 May 2024 (CEST) +1 Yibin added on Yibin's reading list one month ago :) +1 [[User:Sohw|sohyeon]] ([[User talk:Sohw|talk]]) 18:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

* [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046299/writing-the-revolution/ Writing the Revolution; Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age] by Heather Ford — Short but I think, increasingly influential on Wikipedia's contests over what counts as a fact.  I think many of us have read it already, but it is on my list for the summer, and I would love to discuss it. [[User:Groceryheist|Groceryheist]] ([[User talk:Groceryheist|talk]]) 23:03, 8 May 2024 (CEST) + 1 [[User:Sohw|sohyeon]] ([[User talk:Sohw|talk]]) 18:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic Folk Devils and Moral Panics] by Stanley Cohen -- moral panic is a useful theory and the book serves as an example of what grounded theory can look like. [[User:Kaylea|Kaylea]] ([[User talk:Kaylea|talk]]) 04:09, 10 May 2024 (CEST) (+1 [[User:Groceryheist|Groceryheist]] ([[User talk:Groceryheist|talk]]) 04:39, 10 May 2024 (CEST))

* [https://nathanschneider.info/books/governable-spaces/ Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life] by Nathan Schneider.  Nathan is in our broader research community and has, I think, already influenced several of us.  Personally, I wouldn't prioritize this as high as some other suggestions here, but I thought it worth probing for interest in a discussion. [[User:Groceryheist|Groceryheist]] ([[User talk:Groceryheist|talk]]) 05:57, 24 May 2024 (UTC) 

==== Fiction ====
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow,_and_Tomorrow,_and_Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow] Critically acclaimed novel about a group of friends who found a video game company [[User:Kaylea|Kaylea]] ([[User talk:Kaylea|talk]]) 04:09, 10 May 2024 (CEST)

* ''The Editors'', Stephen Harrison. A (forthcoming!) novel based on Wikipedia. We may have to ask the author for an advance (soft) copy, but we might also be able to recruit him to come talk with us about it. ([[User:Aaronshaw|Aaronshaw]] ([[User talk:Aaronshaw|talk]]) 20:01, 24 May 2024 (UTC)) (+1 exciting! [[User:Groceryheist|Groceryheist]] ([[User talk:Groceryheist|talk]]) 20:49, 22 May 2024 (UTC))

==== Meta ====
* [https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo21174162.html Houston, we have a narrative] by Randy Olson. A guide to doing better science through better storytelling. [[User:Kaylea|Kaylea]] ([[User talk:Kaylea|talk]]) 04:09, 10 May 2024 (CEST)

=== Papers ===
As some of our group members suggested, we may want to have some sessions for reading selected great papers together! Here you are welcome to leave recommended papers' references that you think are potentially of interest for our group. Common topics may emerge when there are multiple recommendations so that we can organize a topical reading session!

== 2023 Details ==

* [2023-07-03] The Dispossessed (Ursula K. LeGuin)
* [2023-07-17] Trust in Numbers by Theodore M. Porter
* [2023-07-31] Foundations of Social Theory by James Coleman selections: pages 1-54, 65-71, 91-108, 119-321 (selections are inspired by [https://www.princeton.edu/~sociolog/pdf/ctsyllabus.pdf this syllabus from Paul DiMiaggio])
::Not required but maybe interesting to read would be these other pieces suggested by DiMaggio:
::- Symposium on Coleman. 1992. Theory and Society 21: 263-83 (1992).
::- Symposium on Coleman. 1990. Contemporary Sociology 19: 783-88.
::- Frank, Robert H. 1992. “Melding Sociology and Economics: James Coleman’s Foundations of Social Theory. Journal of Economic Literature 30: 147-70.
::- Macy, Michael and Andreas Flache. 1995. “Beyond Rationality in Models of Choice.” Annual Rev. of Sociology 21: 73-92.
::- Hechter, Michael and S. Kanazawa. 1997. “Sociological Rational Choice Theory.” Annual Rev. of Sociology 23: 191-214.
* [2023-08-14] Foundations of Social Theory (part 2)
* [2023-08-28] Behind the Screen by Sarah T. Roberts

=== 2023 Suggestions ===

* [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674312265 Foundations of Social Theory] by James Coleman — This is the shipyard that produced Coleman's boat! Haomin wants to read it. Description: "Combining principles of individual rational choice with a sociological conception of collective action, James Coleman recasts social theory in a bold new way. The result is a landmark in sociological theory, capable of describing both stability and change in social systems." —<b>[[User:Benjamin Mako Hill|<font color="#C40099">m</font><font color="#600099">a</font><font color="#2D0399">k</font><font color="#362365">o</font>]][[User_talk:Benjamin Mako Hill|<font color="#000000">๛</font>]]</b> 02:22, 26 April 2023 (CEST)
: I read this for generals, would read again with a group. [[User:Kaylea|Kaylea]] ([[User talk:Kaylea|talk]]) 02:35, 26 April 2023 (CEST)
: +1s mdb

* [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300261479/behind-the-screen/ Behind the Screen] by Sarah T. Roberts — This is an ethnographic study on how content moderation is conducted on the Internet. It is quite of interest because oftentimes how content moderation is done is quite like a "black box", while this study opens it for us and provides insights on the governance of online communities.  — from Yibin

* [https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208411/trust-in-numbers Trust in Numbers] by Theodore M. Porter — This is a history of quantification in social institutions and social science. I'm planning on reading this with McKane in August and if others are interested we can do it for STC. I'm interested in this for understanding the practice, role, and limitations of quantitative social science. — from Nate 

* It was fun to kick things off with some fiction last time 'round. Maybe we can do that again! [[User:Kaylea|Kaylea]] ([[User talk:Kaylea|talk]]) 21:01, 22 May 2023 (CEST)
** The Disposessed (Ursula K. LeGuin) (soft agreement on this from CDSC meeting -mdb)
** Infomocracy (Malka Older)
** Ancillary Sword (Ann Leckie)

== Previous Years ==

* [[Sociotechnocanonicon/2018 Schedule]]
* [[Sociotechnocanonicon/2019 Planning]]
* [[Sociotechnocanonicon/2019 Schedule]]
* [[Sociotechnocanonicon/2020 Schedule]]
* [[Sociotechnocanonicon/2021]]
* [[Sociotechnocanonicon/2022]]
* [[Sociotechnocanonicon/2023]]