New ontologies? Reflections on some recent ‘turns’ in STS, anthropology and philosophy

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Casper Bruun Jensen Osaka University cbruunjensen@gmail.com

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Andrea Ballestero Rice University aballes@rice.edu

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Marisol de la Cadena University of California at Davis mdelac@ucdavis.edu

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Michael Fisch University of Chicago mfisch@uchicago.edu

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Miho Ishii Kyoto University mishii@zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12449
Keywords:
ontology; ontological turn; science and technology studies; interdisciplinarity; philosophy
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This paper discusses the recent emergence of ontological approaches in science and technology studies (STS), anthropology and philosophy. Although it is common to hear of a turn, or turn, to ontology, more than one line of intellectual development is at stake. In reality, we are witness to a plural set of partly overlapping, partly divergent, turns.

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Commentary
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20
Keywords:
ontology; ontological turn; science and technology studies; interdisciplinarity; philosophy
Print Publication Date:
01 Nov 2017
Online Publication Date:
01 Nov 2017
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© European Association of Social Anthropologists 2017
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