TY - JOUR
T1 - Practical Ontology
T2 - Worlds in STS and Anthropology
AU - Gad, Christopher
AU - Jensen, Casper Bruun
AU - Winthereik, Brit Ross
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - In this article, we engage in the question of whether we do or do not inhabit multiple worlds from the point of view of what we refer to as practical ontology - an amodem science and technology studies (STS) approach. On the one hand, this position is in close vicinity to anthropological ontologists. On the other hand, our approach entails a number of important differences from anthropological conceptions of ontology. Central among these differences is the understanding and attribution of agency and efficacy to materiality, the question of the role of informants' own conceptualizations of their practices, and the relations between ethnographic description, anthropological invention, and politics.
AB - In this article, we engage in the question of whether we do or do not inhabit multiple worlds from the point of view of what we refer to as practical ontology - an amodem science and technology studies (STS) approach. On the one hand, this position is in close vicinity to anthropological ontologists. On the other hand, our approach entails a number of important differences from anthropological conceptions of ontology. Central among these differences is the understanding and attribution of agency and efficacy to materiality, the question of the role of informants' own conceptualizations of their practices, and the relations between ethnographic description, anthropological invention, and politics.
KW - Practical Ontology
KW - Science and Technology Studies (STS)
KW - Material Agency
KW - Ethnographic Description
KW - Theory of Multiple Worlds
KW - Practical Ontology
KW - Science and Technology Studies (STS)
KW - Material Agency
KW - Ethnographic Description
KW - Theory of Multiple Worlds
M3 - Journal article
SP - 67
EP - 86
JO - NatureCulture
JF - NatureCulture
IS - 3
ER -