Abstract
In 2019, the National Health Commission of China announced a nation-wide plan
to incorporate blood donation into the country’s emerging informational infrastruc-
ture: the social credit system (SCS). Through analysis of comments from Weibo, one
of China’s largest social media sites, alongside news articles and official government
announcements from the time, we follow the figure of the basket, which we regard
as vernacular critique. By analysing the formation of trust indicators, contestations
over their commensurability, and the prospect of converting between moral deeds
and financial advantage, we aim to augment understandings of the ways that quan-
tification practices are, and become, moral projects.
to incorporate blood donation into the country’s emerging informational infrastruc-
ture: the social credit system (SCS). Through analysis of comments from Weibo, one
of China’s largest social media sites, alongside news articles and official government
announcements from the time, we follow the figure of the basket, which we regard
as vernacular critique. By analysing the formation of trust indicators, contestations
over their commensurability, and the prospect of converting between moral deeds
and financial advantage, we aim to augment understandings of the ways that quan-
tification practices are, and become, moral projects.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 61-81 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISSN | 0305-7674 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2024 |
Keywords
- basket
- blood
- China
- data
- donation
- indicators
- social credit