NDLI: The Ontological Turn: Taking Different Worlds Seriously

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The Ontological Turn: Taking Different Worlds Seriously

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Pickering, Andrew
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	I discuss different scientific and nonmodern worlds as they appear in a performative (rather than representational) idiom, situating my analysis in relation to the recent ontological turns in STS and anthropology. I propose an ontology of decentred becoming that can help us take seriously the multiplicity of 'found' ontologies. A key concept is that of 'islands of stability,' which enables a comparative transition between the worlds of science and shamanism. This offers an opportunity to reflect back critically and politically on modernity, while highlighting the problems of anthropological translation that surface in a performative apprehension of nonmodern worlds. In conclusion, I touch on scientific and nonscientific worlds (complexity theory, cybernetics, taoism, zen) that do not centre themselves on islands of stability.
Starting Page	134
Ending Page	150
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.3167/sa.2017.610209
Volume Number	61
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://www.berghahnjournals.com/downloadpdf/journals/social-analysis/61/2/sa610209.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://architecture.mit.edu/sites/architecture.mit.edu/files/attachments/lecture/tokyo-rev-060815.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2017.610209
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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