Bruno Latour

Coastal Environment made Public: Notes from the Field.

by Werner Krauss

In: Latour, Bruno und Peter Weibel (eds.), Making Things Public – Atmospheres of Democracy. The MIT Press Cambridge, Mass.,2005,  pp. 398-403

Bruno Latour: Making Things Public

by Werner Krauss

Moebius, Stephan and Dirk Quadflieg (eds) Kultur. Theorien der Gegenwart. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag der Sozialwissenschaften, 2006, pp 430-444

Differences in Design: Video Game Design in Pre and Post 9/11 America

by Nicolas LaLone

Graduate Thesis for a Masters of Arts in Sociology

Video games are constructed through a bundle of processes meant to imitate an understanding of the world through the... more Video games are constructed through a bundle of processes meant to imitate an understanding of the world through the associations of the technology used to create a game and a design team. From opening doors to courting a mate, videogames can and do explore a wide variety of societal structures. This thesis presents an examination of the processes that occur within and during the making of 12 action videogames made between the years 1996 and 2006. It examines the intent of game makers by analyzing the content of videogames cross-referenced with fan-produced archival playthroughs of these games. Using the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, a point at which the American collective consciousness changed, I aim to display how local culture influences video games and how video games imitate that change. My preliminary results suggest that video games do typically pull from the local culture. Games from 1996 generally imitate the fear of scientific progress and environmental destruction. By 2005, videogames imitate post-2001 culture through a greater focus on war safety through constant companionship, nesting or development of a living space that is constantly under attack, and antagonists changing from world-conquering leaders or scientists to an unknown, obtusely motivated charismatic enemy. As such, videogames are a means through which sociologists can examine the associations between technology, people as developers, and players. This research has important implications for the current state of public discourse about videogames that is typically focused on negative effects.

On Bruno Latour's 'Political Ecology' (pdf)

by Adrian Wilding

Published in Cosmos and History, Vol 6, No 1 (2010)

A Philosophical View on Digital Media Design

by Vanda Correia

published in "Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal ", vol.5, 2011

The development of digital technology has led to numerous changes in communication design, introducing new concepts,... more The development of digital technology has led to numerous changes in communication design, introducing new concepts, new areas of action and new procedures. These changes imply expansion for the discipline, giving it more visibility and more power to intervene and, consequently, more responsibility. In today's information society, the designer finds himself in the role of the mediator between all the available information and the public(s); he designs communication systems for the network society and defines connectivity schemes and models of interactivity, establishing links and developing interfaces. In order to act inside the field of the possibilities created by information and communication technologies, the new media designer must focus on the most relevant features of digital communications, recognizing the circumstances in which they arise. The aim of this paper is to present some ideas expressed by Bruno Latour, which may be of interest for the creation of a theoretical-philosophical view on the design of digital communications.

Big Fish Hunting: interpretation of stone clubs from Lepenski Vir

by Ivana Zivaljevic

Published in N. Vasić (ed.) Harmony of Nature and Spirituality in Stone (Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference in Kragujevac, Serbia, March 15-16, 2012), Stone Studio Association: Belgrade: 195-206.

In this paper, I discuss a specific type of stone tool found at Lepenski Vir: clubs or mallets - which may have been... more In this paper, I discuss a specific type of stone tool found at Lepenski Vir: clubs or mallets - which may have been used in fishing as stunners. The significance of large fish species (especially beluga sturgeon) in the diet, settlement patterns and cosmogony of the inhabitants of the Mesolithic-Neolithic settlement of Lepenski Vir (c. 6200-5900. cal. BC) is amply manifested in the archaeological record, namely by significant quantities of sturgeon bones, the famous ‘fishlike’ sandstone sculptures and isotopic dietary signatures of humans buried at the site. Ironically, there is less evidence to suggest how exactly these great animals were caught. The massive and often ornamented stone clubs were initially interpreted as ‘magic’ and ‘ritual’ devices; however, it should be noted that the ‘ritual’ and ‘profane’ uses of an object need not exclude one another. The aim of this paper is to present the material and stylistic properties of these tools, look into and interpret their contextual provenience, and offer an understanding of them not as passive objects, but as powerful agents in dramatic encounters with the big fish.

(Un-)Building Social Systems. The Concrete Foundations of Society

by Michael Guggenheim

Chapter for book: Ignacio Farias & José Ossandon (ed.) Comunicaciones, semánticas y redes. Usos y desviaciones de la sociología de Niklas Luhmann. México: Universidad Iberoamericana, 2011, 245-277

Writing and reading with things as they exist: l'éthique anti-fondationnelle de Louis Zukofsky

by Vincent Bucher

Reclaiming Experience: Aesthetics & Multimodal Storytelling

by Aimee Knight

Aimee Knight. Computers and Composition: An International Journal. (2013)

Recent scholarship points to the rhetorical role of the aesthetic in multimodal composition and new media contexts. In... more Recent scholarship points to the rhetorical role of the aesthetic in multimodal composition and new media contexts. In this article, soon to be published in Computers and Composition: An International Journal, I examine the aesthetic as a rhetorical concept in writing studies and imagine the ways in which this concept can be useful to teachers of multimodal composition. My treatment of the concept begins with a return to the ancient Greek aisthetikos (relating to perception by the senses) in order to discuss the aesthetic as a meaningful mode of experience. I then review European conceptions of the aesthetic and finally draw from John Dewey and Bruno Latour to help shape this concept into a pragmatic and useful approach that can compliment multimodal teaching and learning. The empirical approach I construct adds to an understanding of aesthetic experience with media in order to render more transparent the ways in which an audience creates knowledge—or takes and makes meaning—via the senses. Significantly, this approach to meaning making supports learning in digital environments where students are increasingly asked to both produce and consume media convergent texts that combine multiple modalities including sound, image, and user interaction.

The Discreet Charm of Bruno Latour, or the critique of ‘anti-critique’

by Benjamin Noys

Presented at the Centre for Critical Theory, University of Nottingham, December 8 2011

This paper reflects on the attraction of Bruno Latour's work in the current conjuncture and the limits of his... more This paper reflects on the attraction of Bruno Latour's work in the current conjuncture and the limits of his 'anti-critique'.

Credit and Concept (Úver a pojem)

by Andrej Gogora

GOGORA, A. 2012. Úver a pojem. In: Filozofia, kultúra a spoločnosť v 21. storočí. Nitra, 2012. ISBN 978-80-8094-967-9, s. 69 - 73.

An Ecology of Times: Modern Knowledge, Non-modern Temporalities

by Martin Savransky

Forthcoming in Lawrence, C. & Churn, N. (Eds.), "The Revolution of Time in a Time of Revolution". New Castle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

IN THE MIDDLES OF URBAN SPACE. The case of Critical City Upload

by Federica Timeto

Paper delivered at the ECREA temporary working group "Media & The city" workshop, Feb. 2012, unpublished. Please do not quote without permission.

Getting Over “Nature”: Modern Bifurcations, Postmodern Possibilities

by Barbara Muraca

in: Keller, C.; Kearns, L. (eds.): Ecospirit. Religions and Philosophies for the Earth. New York: Fordham University Press 2007

En undersøgelse af 'omsorgs' robotters ontologiske status eksemplificeret med robot babysælen Paro

by Glenda Hannibal

Co-authores: Christine Jensen, Semir Music & Søren Schack

Opgaven undersøger 'omsorgs' robotters ontologisk status, eksemplificeret med robot babysælen Paro, og de etiske... more Opgaven undersøger 'omsorgs' robotters ontologisk status, eksemplificeret med robot babysælen Paro, og de etiske konsekvenser samt nye problemstillinger, der følger af denne undersøgelse. Vi ønsker at fokusere på, hvordan udviklingen indenfor robotteknologien i ældreplejen 1) udfordrer vores forståelse af, hvordan vi skal kategorisere 'omsorgs' robotter og 2) hvordan vi skal forholde os til de etiske problemstillinger, som denne udvikling rejser.

BRUNO LATOUR'S METAPHOR OF ACCOUNTING (Účtovnícka metafora Bruna Latoura)

by Andrej Gogora

GOGORA, A. 2011. Účtovnícka metafora Bruna Latoura. In: Filozofia v kontexte súčasného myslenia. Trnava, 2011. ISBN 978-80-8105-327-6, s. 67 – 73.

Latour et la politique des hybrides : personnages conceptuels S.F dans la pensée amoderne.

by Norman Ajari

En komparativ analyse af Don Ihde's og Bruno Latour's redegørelse for fremkomsten af teknologi-filosofien

by Glenda Hannibal

Med udgangspunkt i den amerikanske filosof Don Ihde samt den franske sociolog og antropolog Bruno Latour, fremstilles... more Med udgangspunkt i den amerikanske filosof Don Ihde samt den franske sociolog og antropolog Bruno Latour, fremstilles og diskuteres to forskellige positioner i forhold til fremkomsten af teknologi-filosofien. Det er gjort ved at præsentere Ihde's historiske tilgang og en fremlæggelse af Latour's ”en politik for tingene”. Opgaven omhandler hovedsagligt teknologiens rolle i både filosofien, samfundet og teknovidenskaben, men samtidig kommer spørgsmålet om moderniteten også op og vende.

Regulamentação estatal da pesquisa biotecnológica: uma questão de 'risco'?

by Leticia Cesarino

Paper presented in the 24th Meeting of Brazil's National Association for Graduate Studies and Research in the Social Sciences, October, 2005.

Otherness and the actor-network: The undiscovered continent

by Steve Brown

Lee, N. & Brown, S.D. (1994) ‘Otherness and the actor-network: The undiscovered continent’ American Behavioral Scientist ISSN 0002-7642 Vol 37, 6. pp772-790

My first publication... With Nick Lee, a piece on Actor-Network Theory that formed part of the first wave of critical... more My first publication... With Nick Lee, a piece on Actor-Network Theory that formed part of the first wave of critical reflections on the foundational claims of that approach, in particular its capacity to overcome all difference in the expansion of networks.