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Techno-economic networks and irreversibility Michel Callon Sten and technology lt the her of socal symmetry Ths penerate nove, unpredate i indeed reves with The game of chology te never fined, and Ht stow thet the tandard model at development are Ae Tec uc ows a Ree sd et Techno economic nemork and ireverlty [As yt thre i no satsactory anomer to this question. Here ewe wat expe ting hl fhe eer, tordnated set of heterogeneous actor wich interact Tits methods for generating goods ad sevcs. Is sometines Se ede be my a whch a TEN wil oe The Tinea nt fname, Bt Beciop compicated steps and many possible innovations it onespcted socal and toca implications. The qeston Then. noe and wy ths happen: How should we make ene of Msi poten tchreogy of tron fo socal and Iechusten by which heterogenous ste are rough i Teer cor and arlation. In Part 2-1 show bow ferns sv eased and ve, a a of comerence He cae elements) and ireverliaton (whch has 10 Gn longevity of thee connections an the extent to which thy ae cdr) abe thom rts Sami he Conclusion apes tat the telaionsip between the macro fc the microsocol and many ofthe peat socal an ccna fSymmetics cet network pancalsaon* Lie i compat But wil start with ei itbeaton Pin there 3 cen pote which produces cri knowles Miss where sonic research paced or intact i Inccpendcet research cents, eiveraies and 1 fedisra borers Stond there 3 ciel rtorypes tess and als, patents, no ceiver of, develops and Jemodc pt projets wand cial res mic networks and irevesibiy Mickel Calon Techno Ie that actors define one another in ineration ~ in the “gee pret Wt eal another these are all connected, But how are they connected rear LD iermedianes wi spi, sd a of our man ype ered: i ras wc, pare ots D Tooterns, ory ie wenibd and rate O apt me” Le ts some’ (ne) a pmuay, here are human ings andthe sil, the te cee emer deere thi Insite iterry sense ofthe erm. And they comport Unis eeosomis sociology docs nt str witha styzed inal fnciece (cao a at) Tus wii ft see: med mn ten eer re ony eet sen wm jac os makes oan ee when hy ema ines commmon apace winch tiny hare al ind itera) sro Senn ican Tae ht fs lene cc Toe me ese er ai an een Fn ne Sone maybe wel eabnbed wd thes Ttemelcs, Fr istance,Crsiar and Feedberg (197) spe herent way tsume that every actor conta iden but abvdy sol Beg: that agency cannot be dso Econ taco that trac ave the creation dened i term of thet reltosips. Bat thse oe wo parts zymes, soveroment agencies, ovies, methods, experimen for conpicousconsamption (Call nr sangeet, manana Sopa apt sco ona income viens ein breaks dow? Or Bu like the actors in ome American novels who would ores it be hermet: shout et ett, desins oe nied hes sal oe Anesth gris The words ina text ele to other text dad ework and extend spntion and derision © the networks tobe foun! nthe. So whereas, tadtonuly a met. The dtiton hme assumed that texts re cowed ~ we have distinguished cal conte together they a up beeen thelr nates ad heir conten — now we ae sing ta ms ‘There sm ie’ ‘ts

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