Sur la piste des préparations: Préparer, répéter, mettre en place pour que les choses adviennent

Translated title of the contribution: On the Trail of Preparations. Preparing, Rehearsing, and Setting Up for Things to Happen

Loïc Riom, Mylène Tanferri

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Abstract

This introduction aims to demonstrate how following the trail of preparations to act extends and enriches conceptually and empirically both theories of action and the anthropology of knowledge. Firstly, we distinguish preparations for action from planned action. To do so, we situate our interest in preparations within the works that, from the sociology of work to the study of organizations, have focused on plans, prescriptions, and the formation of habits. Secondly, drawing on the nine articles that compose this special issue, we outline five axes of reflection: preparations as getting embedded in the field; the relationship with the unexpected; the knowledge of preparations; preparations' devices; and the collectives that preparations contribute to (trans)form.
Translated title of the contributionOn the Trail of Preparations. Preparing, Rehearsing, and Setting Up for Things to Happen
Original languageFrench
JournalRevue d'anthropologie des connaissances
Volume18
Issue number2 and 4
ISSN1760-5393
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024

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