The seminar “Economic expertise and environmental actions” will welcome Benoît Dauguet and Fanny Guillet Environmental compensation This session will question the tools and practices of valuation of nature that inform environmental compensation operations – that is, the supposed neutralization of…
The CSI Guests Seminar will welcome Annemarie Mol Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam Programme group: Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body to discuss her book Eating in Theory Introduction to the discussion by Jean Goizauskas…
The generalist and interdisciplinary seminar “Change of scale – Change of nature” is organized by the CSI and the Eco-anthropology laboratory of the Natural History Museum by Léo Mariani (MNHN, Eco-anthropologie), Julien Blanc (MNHN, Eco-anthropologie), Brice Laurent (CNRS, CSI) and Jean Goizauskas (Mines Paris, CSI).
Postulating that changes in scale (re)condition the nature of things as well as the observations made of them, this seminar intends to raise the issues of measurement and commensurability, of growth and degrowth.
It is with great sadness that the Center for the Sociology of Innovation has learned of the death of Bruno Latour, who was for 25 years one of the pillars of our research center. He developed his research and teaching activities at the École des Mines from 1982 to 2006, carrying out a large part of the work for which he is best known. With Michel Callon and John Law in England, and later Madeleine Akrich and many other researchers, he led a radical renewal of the sociology of science and technology, through what was first called the sociology of translation, and then Actor-Network Theory – a theory soon to become internationally renowned. From his early days onwards, Latour […]
Clément Marquet’s research focuses on the materiality of the digital technical system. Using methods and theories from the social studies of science and technology, he is interested in the political, social and environmental tensions caused by the installation of digital…
A book by Jérôme Denis and David Pontille published by La Découverte
What do a furnace, a car, a signpost, a smartphone, a cathedral, a work of art, a satellite, a washing machine, a bridge, a clock, a computer server, the body of an illustrious statesman, or a tractor have in common? Almost nothing, except that none of these things, small or large, precious or banal, lasts without some form of maintenance. Every object wears out, degrades, eventually breaks, or even disappears. However, do we really grasp the importance of maintenance? […]
A book edited by Franck Cochoy, Gérald Gaglio, Anaïs Daniau, with the collaboration of Madeleine Akrich, Cédric Calvignac, Roland Canu, Alexandre Mallard, Morgan Meyer
In 2020, when Covid fell on our heads, sanitary masks also fell on our noses. But are Covid and masks inextricably linked? Do masks have more distant origins? Has it now become a fashion item? Has the standard sanitary mask mutated into multiple “variants”? How is the mask apprehended, whether for children, the “firsts in line for chores”, caregivers or shopkeepers?
This richly layered book provides answers to these and many other questions. It draws on […]
Due to strikes, the event has been postponed to a later date The event will be streamed by zoom. Everybody is welcome, but do please sign up (for in-person or zoom attendance) via the event page. Download the flyer Hervé…
Minor in Public Affairs and Innovation (PAI): Defense of end of studies projects On 13 and 20 September 2022, students enrolled in the minor in Public Affairs and Innovation (API) will defend their end-of-studies projects. Under the supervision of CSI…
The seminar “Change of scale – Change of nature” will welcome Guillaume Carnino and Clément Marquet De la salle des machines au data center : effets de seuil et industrialisation de la production informatique From the machine room to the…
