SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bruno Latour, Strong Programme, Michel Callon
11 Apr 2020
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Ant was a new theoretical approach to studying science, emerging in the early 1980s. Broadly, ant takes issue with the modern idea that culture and nature are inherently distinct. According to ant, objects do not need to be seen in relation to humans to have a meaning. Since its introduction, ant has expanded beyond sts and is used in a wide array of sociological research. We should not make an a priori distinction between humans and the natural world. Ant applies the principle of symmetry from bloor"s strong. Ant"s symmetry can be seen either as a generalization or a refutation of the strong programme. Ant criticizes the strong programme for giving sociologists a monopoly on theories of social processes. Ant criticizes the strong programme for giving humans a monopoly on reality, restricting the ability of non-humans to affect our understanding of them. For ant, technoscientific endeavors are processes of creating and strengthening networks of alliance.
