The Transparency of Institutions. An Ethnography of Glassware in a Laboratory of Biology
Lamy, Jérôme
The Transparency of Institutions. An Ethnography of Glassware in a Laboratory of Biology - 2016.
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This paper addresses two disciplinary expansion trends in social sciences: in sociology, by denying the distinction between human and non-human; in archaeology, relying on the objet-mémoire concept, which associates the ideas of social interaction and memory processes. We discuss them from an ethnographic study of the ordinary containers in a biology laboratory. The signs, drawn or engraved on their surface, are a proxy for a joint analysis of artifacts, textuality, institutionalization processes, and social stratification. Rather than such disciplinary expansions, we argue in favor of an ethnography based on the “cultural technology” trend.
The Transparency of Institutions. An Ethnography of Glassware in a Laboratory of Biology - 2016.
67
This paper addresses two disciplinary expansion trends in social sciences: in sociology, by denying the distinction between human and non-human; in archaeology, relying on the objet-mémoire concept, which associates the ideas of social interaction and memory processes. We discuss them from an ethnographic study of the ordinary containers in a biology laboratory. The signs, drawn or engraved on their surface, are a proxy for a joint analysis of artifacts, textuality, institutionalization processes, and social stratification. Rather than such disciplinary expansions, we argue in favor of an ethnography based on the “cultural technology” trend.
Réseaux sociaux