The mangle in practice : science, society, and becoming / Andrew Pickering and Keith Guzik, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pickering, Andrew, 1948-

Guzik, Keith.

Series:

Science and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

Summary:

In The Mangle of Practice (1995), the renowned sociologist of science Andrew Pickering argued for a reconceptualization of research practice as a "mangle," an open-ended, evolutionary, and performative interplay of human and non-human agency. While Pickering's ideas originated in science and technology studies, this collection aims to extend the mangle's reach by exploring its application across a wide range of fields including history, philosophy, sociology, geography, environmental studies, literary theory, biophysics, and software engineering. As Pickering argues in the preface, the mangle points to a shift in interpretive sensibilities that makes visible a world of de-centered becoming. This volume demonstrates the viability, coherence, and promise of such a shift, not only in science and technology studies, but in the social sciences and humanities more generally.

Contents:

Part 1 Studies

A Choreography of Fire: A Posthumanist Account of Australians and Eucalypts / Adrian Franklin 17

Crate and Mangle: Questions of Agency in Confinement Livestock Facilities / Dawn Coppin 46

Soul Collectors: A Meditation on Arresting Domestic Violence / Keith Guzik 67

Resisting and Accommodating Thomas Sargent: Putting Rational Expectations Economics through the Mangle of Practice / Esther-Mirjam Sent 92

The Mangle of Practice and the Practice of Chinese Medicine: A Case Study from Nineteenth-Century China / Volker Scheid 110

Marup Church and the Politics of Hybridization: On Choice and Becoming / Casper Bruun Jensen, Randi Markussen 129

Part 2 Reflexivity

Going with the Flow: Living the Mangle through Environmental Management Practice / Lisa Asplen 163

A Manglish Way of Working: Agile Software Development / Brian Marick 185

The Docile Body of the Scientist / Yiannis Koutalos 202

Part 3 Theory

The Mangle of Practice or the Empire of Signs: Toward a Dialogue between Science Studies and Soviet Semiotics / Maxim Waldstein 221

Ontological Dance: A Dialogue between Heidegger and Pickering / Carol J. Steiner 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-291) and index.

ISBN:

9780822343516

0822343517

9780822343738

0822343738

OCLC:

209335051