Sharon Traweek One of the goals of this issue, I was told, was to" coordinate views about the
current state of the contests between social rationality and scientific rationality." That seems
to me completely laudable, if a bit difficult, due in particular to that pesky verb coordinate.
The word brings to my mind Descartes's orthogonal measuring lines and the social niceties
in the late 1950s of getting the colors of one's clothes aligned or even getting the lines of our
high school drill team perfectly straight. It seems to emphasize the disciplined side of life. I …

One of the goals of this issue, I was told, was to" coordinate views about the current state of
the contests between social rationality and scientific rationality." That seems to me
completely laudable, if a bit difficult, due in particular to that pesky verb" coordinate."
Personally, the word brings to my mind Descartes' orthogonal measuring lines and the
social niceties in the late fifties around getting the colors of one's clothes aligned or even
getting the lines of our high school drill team perfectly straight. The disciplined side of life …