Developing concept
Administrative Kinds and Identities
When do institutional categories become enduring ways of recognizing people?
An area of inquiry extending questions associated with Ian Hacking’s work into records and institutional decision-making.
Area of inquiry
Administrative categories coordinate many legitimate activities. This research examines the relationship between that usefulness and the identities produced through repeated institutional use.
Questions in development
The project asks how classifications become actionable, how they travel, and how institutional recognition relates to personal and clinical interpretation.