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Summer School Ruhr-University Bochum June 6th to 10th, 2016

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The provided title, "Ethnographies of Objects in Science and Technology Studies (Download Book)," immediately signals a highly relevant and theoretica...

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Jessemy Perriam

A response by Jessamy Perriam

Anthropology

A response by Jessamy Perriam to Nathan Wittock, Michiel de Krom and Lesley Hustinx' Making Sense of a Messy Object: How to Use Social Topo...

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The submission, titled "A response by Jessamy Perriam," clearly signals its intent as a piece of scholarly engagement within an existing academic dial...

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Alev Coban

A response by Alev Coban

Sociology

A response by Alev Coban to Nathan Wittock, Michiel de Krom and Lesley Hustinx' Making Sense of a Messy Object: How to Use Social Topology...

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Alev Coban's contribution, titled "A response by Alev Coban," immediately signals its nature as a direct engagement with existing scholarship. The abs...

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Nathan Wittock, Michiel de Krom, Lesley Hustinx

Making Sense of a Messy Object: How to Use Social Topology as an Analytic Tool for Ethnography of Objects

Sociology

This theoretical-methodological essay seeks to answer the question, “How can one make sense of a messy object?” The denomination “messy” re...

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This theoretical-methodological essay presents an ambitious and timely intervention into the ethnographic study of "messy objects." Addressing the int...

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Malve Jacobsen

Temporalities of Assembling Transport Systems: Presences and Absences in an Intermittent Process (revised version)

Development

Present absences and absent presences, both in material and discursive shapes, provide insights into the social and political dimensions of...

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This paper presents a highly original and conceptually sophisticated exploration into the complex temporalities of infrastructure development. The cor...

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Göde Both

A response by Göde Both

Transportation

A response by Göde Both to Malve Jacobsen's Temporalities of Assembling Transport Systems: Presences and Absences in a Planning Process...

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This article, titled "A response by Göde Both," directly engages with Malve Jacobsen's preceding work, "Temporalities of Assembling Transport Systems:...

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Malve Jacobsen

Temporalities of Assembling Transport Systems: Presences and Absences in a Planning Process

Transportation

Presences and absences, both in material and discursive shapes, provide insights into the social and political dimensions of infrastructure...

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This article presents a highly original and insightful examination of infrastructure development, specifically focusing on the dynamic and contingent...

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Franziska Weidle

A response by Franziska Weidle

Anthropology

A response by Franziska Weidle to Jessamy Perriam's Ethnography, Objects and Reflexivity: A Case Study of the Selfie Stick

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This submission, titled "A response by Franziska Weidle," is clearly positioned as a direct engagement with an existing piece of scholarship. The abst...

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Nathan Wittock

A response by Nathan Wittock

Anthropology

A response by Nathan Wittock to Dara Ivanova's Losing and Finding: On the Curious Life of Ethnographic Objects

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Nathan Wittock's "A response by Nathan Wittock" presents itself explicitly as a commentary on Dara Ivanova's paper, "Losing and Finding: On the Curiou...

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The article "Accomplishing Autonomous Driving: An Unfinished Description" by Göde Both offers a critical and refreshing perspective on the concept of...