Bruno Latour
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This article explores the potential of absence, invisibility and disappearance as fundamental ideas for choreography in the present time. Capitalism is a main provider of "experiences" making performativity a central locus of... more
Tech-libertarian billionaires try to colonize Mars, they create sea-steads to avoid the juridical, physical and economical constraints of the nationstate and they build climate secured luxury bunkers in New Zealand to escape a coming... more
Metamaquettes: Between the Lab and the Site exhibition presents a body of works that explore subjective perceptions of space and user engagement. Metamaquettes are installations, models, and mock-ups that question their own nature yet... more
For centuries, pilgrimage and festival have been central in ritual studies. Most commonly, they were studied on their own terms, often considered separate. However, the importance of pilgrimage and festival as religious practices for... more
Is Bruno Latour a ‘state thinker’? His intensive examination of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan certainly forms an important linchpin of and a link to understanding his wide-ranging and interdisciplinary work. Asking about Latour’s understanding... more
Au point de rencontre entre la petite et la grande échelle, Micromegapolis invite à prendre rendez-vous avec « Gaïa » – cette figure du présent, où la planète est soumise à l’activité humaine, elle-même dépositaire de l’avenir de la... more
Arcipelago Italia è il titolo della esposizione ospitata al Padiglione Italia della Biennale di Architettura 2018. Curata da Mario Cucinella, è un viaggio nell'Italia interna articolato in 8 itinerari e 5 progetti. I progetti sono l'esito... more
Ein auffälliges Merkmal der Texte Bruno Latours ist die Verwendung des Vokabulars der Informatik. Neben 'Blackbox' fällt auch 'Programm' als zentrale Vokabel von Latours Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie in diese Klasse, und man könnte vermuten,... more
Over the last years, the Anthropocene has entered, if not invaded, social science and humanities discourse. The field has become almost saturated with perspectives, analyses and commentary; daily additions means that it can hardly even be... more
Estudo sobre algumas formas de desativação e reativação de agências
[Open Access through DOI link] This essay examines the materiality of the two pianofortes in Jane Austen’s Emma (1815). Rather than focusing on the piano’s symbolic function—its cultural capital, for instance—this essay highlights how the... more
Conférence invitée au colloque international de sociologie « Le couple et la famille au prisme de l’épreuve » (6 et 7 décembre 2012), 6 décembre 2012, Paris, Sorbonne
Este documento es un ejercicio elaborado durante el seminario de área impartido por el Dr. Peter Krieger en la Maestría en Arquitectura de la UNAM, en donde se abordan temas de interés actual que son parte de la producción arquitectónica... more
Resumen E l propósito de este trabajo es analizar el uso del concepto de red según Manuel Castells y Bruno Latour. El primero, en la trilogía La Era de la Información, caracteriza a la sociedad red como una nueva estructura social en la... more
Opioid overdose is a growing issue in Australia. Programs to provide opioid consumers with ‘take-home’ naloxone to reverse overdose exist internationally and in some Australian cities, but uptake remains inconsistent. As an opioid... more