Standardization as spaces of diversity was introduced by Loconto and Demortain (2017) to advance the sociology of standards. Their analytical framework for studying standardization processes in interactive spaces is mobilized and expanded upon in this article in order to address the problematic relationship between standards and diversity. Studying industrialized animals highlights the existing tensions between these opposing forces and the socio-technical attempts to reconcile them. Using a socio-historical approach, we analyze cattle breeding standards as they pass through three interactive spaces of standards: “standards in the making,” “standards in action,” and “standards in circulation.” Drawing from the notion of ecology, we highlight the need for contextualization in order to better understand processes of standardization in a fourth space of “standards in interaction.” The contours of this space are demonstrated through an analysis of the International Bull Evaluation Service (Interbull), which is a space of commensuration for cattle breeding values. Linear interpretations of standardization processes are thus challenged with an empirical demonstration of how standardization can be harnessed to preserve and even enhance diversity.

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保持多样性–制定标准！牛育种行业分析的标准化空间

Loconto and Demortain（2017）引入了标准化作为多样性的空间，以推进标准的社会学。为了解决标准和多样性之间的问题关系，本文动员并扩展了他们研究交互式空间标准化过程的分析框架。对工业化动物的研究突显了这些对立力量与调和它们之间的社会技术尝试之间的紧张关系。我们使用一种社会历史方法，对牛的繁殖标准通过三个互动的标准空间进行了分析：“制定中的标准”，“行动中的标准”和“流通中的标准”。借鉴生态学的概念 我们强调需要进行上下文化，以便在“交互标准”的第四空间中更好地理解标准化过程。该空间的轮廓通过对国际公牛评估服务处（公牛）的分析得以展示，这是一个与牛育种价值相称的空间。因此，对如何利用标准化来保持甚至增强多样性的经验证明，对标准化过程的线性解释提出了挑战。