An Interview with Vinciane Despret: A Question Rarely Lives Up to Its Situation

In this interview, Vinciane Despret discusses the importance of Bruno Latour to her work. In particular, she addresses the questions of methodology. She examines why it is necessary to invent a new method for each new object we study and how we can become more attentive as scientists, especially tho...

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Published inTheory, culture & society Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 135 - 141
Main Authors Muecke, Stephen, Janicka, Iwona
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2024
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Ethology
Interviews
modes of existence
storytelling
Bruno Latour
ethology
methodology
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Summary:In this interview, Vinciane Despret discusses the importance of Bruno Latour to her work. In particular, she addresses the questions of methodology. She examines why it is necessary to invent a new method for each new object we study and how we can become more attentive as scientists, especially those specialising in ethology, to the ways in which humans and non-humans are interested in each other. Finally, Despret considers how we can inherit from Bruno Latour’s work for our future thinking.
ISSN:0263-2764
1460-3616
DOI:10.1177/02632764241275484