Science studies and the metamorphic multiple earth: Bruno Latour's risky diplomacy

de Freitas, Elizabeth (2020) Science studies and the metamorphic multiple earth: Bruno Latour's risky diplomacy. Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, 20 (3). pp. 203-212. ISSN 1532-7086

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Abstract

This essay focuses on Bruno Latour’s recent attempts to study the metamorphic zone of terrestrial life, within the current climate crisis and environmental “cosmocolossus”. I explore his proposal for a risky diplomacy in the Anthropocene “end times”, as a way of dealing with the increasingly tense relations between polarized and weaponized perspectives. I show how his work continues to seek a form of scientific practice that involves the invention of equipment (apparatus) that make perceptible (principally to humans) the existence of non-human agencies, thereby expanding the opportunities for alliances and a pluralist ecology, and ultimately assembling another more-than-human political body. I also discuss critiques and concerns regarding the specifics of this proposal.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	30 Sep 2019 08:08
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Additional Information:	This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies.
Divisions:	Faculties > Health and Education
Subject terms:	Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, interdisciplinary methodology, anthropocene, science studies, Latour, posthuman, diplomacy, CLIMATE, EDUCATION, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 2001 Communication and Media Studies, 2002 Cultural Studies, Sociology
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/623999
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708619880220
ISSN	1532-7086

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