This article discusses the basic arguments and important achievements of Jane Bennett's
vital materialism, as well as some problems and limitations of this theoretical perspective. It …

We live in a world in which Google's search algorithms determine how we access
information, Facebook's News Feed algorithms shape how we socialize, and Netflix …

As we taste, chew, swallow, digest, and excrete, our foods transform us, while our eating, in
its turn, affects the wider earthly environment. In Eating in Theory Annemarie Mol takes …

There is in science and technology studies a perceptible new interest in matters of 'ontology'.
Until recently, the term 'ontology'had been sparingly used in the field. Now it appears to have …

The article explores the perspectives of Foucault's notion of government by linking it to the
debate on the 'new materialism'. Discussing Karen Barad's critical reading of Foucault's work …

In Eating the Ocean Elspeth Probyn investigates the profound importance of the ocean and
the future of fish and human entanglement. On her ethnographic journey around the world's …

We outline a framework for conceptualising interventions in health as 'evidence-making
interventions'. An evidence-making intervention (EMI) approach is distinct from a …

As a contribution to the field of valuation studies this article lays out a number of lessons that
follow from an exploratory inquiry into 'good tomatoes'. We held interviews with tomato …

How do science and technology shape the world? Or medicine and engineering? How does
the world in turn shape them? And how, if at all, might we intervene in these processes …

Materialism, a rich philosophical tradition that goes back to antiquity, is currently undergoing
a renaissance. In The Government of Things, Thomas Lemke provides a comprehensive …