Actor-Network Theory

A method to study how things, nature and humans relate to each other and co-produce various effects.

Drawing things together

Latour, Bruno. "Drawing things together." In Representation in scientific practice, edited by Michael Lynch and Steve Woolgar, 19-68. Cambridge (Massachusetts), London: MIT Press, 1990.

Workshop 2012's theme III (Assemblages)

Expected Papers

  • Isabelle Mauz1
  • Israel Rodriguez Giralt2
  • Uli Beisel3

Introductory considerations

This theme is primarily focused on understanding environmental management as a ‘socio-natural assemblage’ (Bakker, 2010). As assemblages are structured through ‘critical reflection, debate, and contest’ (Collier, 2006, p. 400) by engaging environmental management, our attempt here is to explore the multiple possibilities of reinventing the politics of nature.

The Manager and His Powers

Law, John. The Manager and His Powers. Vol. 2011. Lancaster University (Department of Sociology), 1997.

Towards the study of situated practices of managing environments

At the 10th Annual IAS-STS Conference Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies (May 2-3, 2011 at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society - Graz, Austria) we have brought together several researchers to discuss the study of situated practices of managing environments: For that we have designed a session in which Ingmar Lippert, Silvia Bruzzone, Franz Krause, Anna Schreuer and Gerald Aiken contributed analytically and empirically to the topic.

The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice

Mol, Annemarie. The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice In The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice. Durham, N. Ca., and London: Duke University Press, 2002.

Carbon Market and the Art of Making Emissions Reduction

Ninan, Anup Sam. "Carbon Market and the Art of Making Emissions Reduction." In 6th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis: Discursive Spaces. Politics, Practices and Power. Cardiff, 2011.
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