“Rethinking Binaries and Hierarchies is about how counting insists that we examine and rethink the assumptions and beliefs behind our classification infrastructure, as well as consistently probe who is doing the counting and whose interests are served”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Tractable<\/span><\/strong> : can be processed by a computer, or by computer-like operations<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boolean<\/span><\/strong> : a type of data with only two variables, like true or false<\/p>\n\n\n\n Integer<\/span><\/strong> : a type of number with no decimal points<\/p>\n\n\n\n String<\/span><\/strong> : a sequence of letters or words<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paradox of Exposure<\/span><\/strong> : the double bind that places those who stand to significantly gain from being counted in the most danger from that same counting (or classifying) act<\/p>\n\n\n\n Administrative Violence<\/span><\/strong> : when a person is subject to the same full-body pat-down as a potential terrorist<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patriarchy<\/span><\/strong> : described the combination of legal frameworks, social structures, and cultural values that contribute to the continues male domination of society<\/p>\n\n\n\n Performative Acts<\/span><\/strong> : the acts\/categories that affirm the belief in which gender is best understood as a repeated performance or participating in an activity that is similarly gender-coded<\/p>\n\n\n\n