Machines of Tradition
Machines of Tradition
After returning to Paris in 1977, Latour started to write, together with the British science sociologist Steve Woolgar his pioneering book “Laboratory Life.” This chapter depicts the institutional context in which this collaboration took place. It highlights the fact that Latour (and Woolgar) place emphasis on scientific practice as a form of “literary inscription.” It contrasts this approach with Deleuze and Guattari’s interest in the “machinic production” of signs.
Keywords: Bruno Latour, Steve Woolgar, Laboratory studies, Literary inscription, Deleuze and Guattari
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