Ce texte propose de revenir sur la notion d'objet intermédiaire, parfois confondue avec celle
d'objet-frontière. Après avoir exposé le contexte de la formation de ce concept et les enjeux …

Cet article traite du r1le des objets intermediaires au sein des activites humaines
coordonnees. La question se posait de determiner ce que sont et ce que font les r6seaux de …

Cet article porte sur l'étude des processus de conception, et plus particulièrement sur le rôle
des «objets intermédiaires»–tous ces textes, graphes, modèles informatiques, maquettes …

In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change
which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of science were asked to pay attention to …

The evolution of Western medicine since World War II has resulted in the emergence of new
practices based on the direct interaction of biology and medicine. The post-war realignment …

This volume was written to help future engineers understand what they are going to be
doing in their everyday working lives, so that they can do their work more effectively and with …

This paper analyses a major episode in contemporary biomedical research using a new
semi-quantitative approach. In the late 1970s, immunologists began producing new kinds of …

Food chain research offers particular opportunities for the development of interdisciplinary
problematics and approaches. For example, the issue of 'quality'cannot be interpreted solely …

In this chapter, we outline a method for describing material culture in situations where there
are many interconnected places to be studied, which is the case in organisational …

Collaborative forms of work such as extended networks, expert groups, and consortia
increasingly structure biomedical activities. They are particularly prominent in the cancer …