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John Law
Researcher at Open University
Publications - 192
Citations - 29181
John Law is an academic researcher from Open University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Technoscience & Actor–network theory. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 188 publications receiving 27501 citations. Previous affiliations of John Law include Sámi University College & Keele University.
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Veterinary realities: what is foot and mouth disease?
John Law,Annemarie Mol +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that different veterinary traditions draw upon and contribute to different worlds in the plural, which makes it easier to explore the strengths of these worlds, their drawbacks and their limitations.
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The Materials of STS
TL;DR: The authors describes STS approaches to material culture, attending in particular to actor-network theory and its successor projects, and feminist material semiotics, and criticizes the STS approach to materialism.
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A Co-Word Study of Artificial Intelligence
Jean-Pierre Courtial,John Law +1 more
TL;DR: The co-word analysis of a sample of AI literature, published in 1984 and 1985, suggests that AI is a field characterized by relative intellectual coherence in a specifiable `core'.
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Boundary Variations: An Introduction
Annemarie Mol,John Law +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore some of the implications that boundaries are enacted rather than given in society and space, and present a section dedicated to a themed section of Society and Space.
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DEVICES AS RITUALS: Notes on enacting resistance
Vicky Singleton,John Law +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw from ethnography about contemporary farming practices, and in particular beef cattle farming, as they explore the craft of farming, and suggest that the work of the farmer in caring for cattle can also be imagined as a device or as a set of devices.