Traduction / Trahison: Notes on ANT

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Main Author: John Law
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México 2006
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contents Traduction / Trahison: Notes on ANT John Law Sociología perform trahison traduction Actor network theory faithful representative What would it be to "speak for" a the ory or a tradition in Science, echnology and Society? What would it be to "represent" that theory? To offer an account? An authoritative account of its charac er, its development, its strengths and its weak nesses? Some times I am faced with this question. I am asked to speak for actor network theory. To tell about it. To offer a verdict. When this happens I feel uncomfortable. For the request poses a problem. The problem of what itis to be a "faithful representative". And in particular with what it might mean to "represent" a theory that talks of representation in terms of translation. Which seeks to undermine the very ideathat there might be such a thing as fidelity. Faithful translation. Which stresses that all representation also betrays its object. Per haps there is no good an swer. Or perhaps, there aremany. But here is one possibility. That one might represent actor network theory by performing it rather than summarising it. By exploring a small number of case studies rather than seeking to uncover its "fundamental rules". By telling of examples that are both faithful and un faithful. Bystressing that traduction is also trahison. 2006 artículo científico 1405-1435 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10504204 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=105 Convergencia. Revista de Ciencias Sociales application/pdf Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Convergencia. Revista de Ciencias Sociales (México) Num.42 Vol.13
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spellingShingle Traduction / Trahison: Notes on ANT
John Law
Sociología
perform
trahison
traduction
Actor network theory
faithful representative
Traduction / Trahison: Notes on ANT John Law Sociología perform trahison traduction Actor network theory faithful representative What would it be to "speak for" a the ory or a tradition in Science, echnology and Society? What would it be to "represent" that theory? To offer an account? An authoritative account of its charac er, its development, its strengths and its weak nesses? Some times I am faced with this question. I am asked to speak for actor network theory. To tell about it. To offer a verdict. When this happens I feel uncomfortable. For the request poses a problem. The problem of what itis to be a "faithful representative". And in particular with what it might mean to "represent" a theory that talks of representation in terms of translation. Which seeks to undermine the very ideathat there might be such a thing as fidelity. Faithful translation. Which stresses that all representation also betrays its object. Per haps there is no good an swer. Or perhaps, there aremany. But here is one possibility. That one might represent actor network theory by performing it rather than summarising it. By exploring a small number of case studies rather than seeking to uncover its "fundamental rules". By telling of examples that are both faithful and un faithful. Bystressing that traduction is also trahison. 2006 artículo científico 1405-1435 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10504204 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=105 Convergencia. Revista de Ciencias Sociales application/pdf Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Convergencia. Revista de Ciencias Sociales (México) Num.42 Vol.13
title Traduction / Trahison: Notes on ANT
topic Sociología
perform
trahison
traduction
Actor network theory
faithful representative
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10504204