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Aramis, or the Love of Technology was written by French sociologist/anthropologist Bruno Latour. Aramis was originally published in French in 1993; the English translation by Catherine Porter, copyrighted in 1996, ISBN 978-0-674-04323-7, is now in its fourth printing (2002). Latour describes his text as "scientifiction," which he describes as "a hybrid genre... for a hybrid task" (p. ix). The genre includes voices of a young engineer discussing his "sociotechnological initiation," his professor's commentary which introduces Actor-network theory (ANT), field documents - including real-life interviews, and the voice of Aramis—a failed technology ([1] p. x).
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Author | Bruno Latour |
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Translator | Catherine Porter |
Language | English |
Publisher | La Découverte (France) Harvard University Press (US) |
Publication date | 1993 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 336 (english translation) |
ISBN | 978-0-674-04323-7 |
OCLC | 277985319 |
The book is a quasi-mystery, which attempts to discover who killed Aramis. Aramis was supposed to be implemented as a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system in Paris. Simultaneously, while investigating Aramis's demise, Latour delineates the tenets of Actor-network theory. Latour argues that the technology failed not because any particular actor killed it, but because the actors failed to sustain it through negotiation and adaptation to a changing social situation.
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