Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology

This paper introduces Intimate Entanglements by proposing three interrelated shifts that result from juxtaposing experiences with different world-making practices at the intersection of care, technoscience and theoretical engagements with affect theory and science and technology studies (STS). The f...

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Autores: Latimer, Joanna, López, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/92146
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Palabra clave:affects
intimacy
care
science and technology
intimitat
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ciència i tecnologia
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intimidad
cuidado
ciencia y tecnología
Interpersonal relations
Relacions humanes
Relaciones humanas
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spelling Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technologyLatimer, JoannaLópez, Danielaffectsintimacycarescience and technologyintimitatafectecuraciència i tecnologiaafectointimidadcuidadociencia y tecnologíaInterpersonal relationsRelacions humanesRelaciones humanasThis paper introduces Intimate Entanglements by proposing three interrelated shifts that result from juxtaposing experiences with different world-making practices at the intersection of care, technoscience and theoretical engagements with affect theory and science and technology studies (STS). The first shift positions intimacy as not only relevant in STS but also as a more general epistemic concern of social scientific enquiry. The second shift is an exploration of the heterogeneous materiality of the intimate and, in particular, of its more-than-human constituencies. The third shift both reclaims and speculates about other politics of relations, including practical challenges (not only conceptual) to the way we do research. The paper shows that the beings entangled, the materialities involved, the affects conveyed and the extension of the intimate all come to matter when science and technology is critically analysed, and that they challenge the traditional limits and geographies of the intimate. It also argues that this has important political implications for science and technology, because it counters the invisibilisation of affect and all the intimate work usually associated with the emotional, domestic, and even infrastructural, and contests the ready-made framing of the intimate as naturally bound to the interpersonal, corporal and private, which the authors argue is a way to make visible the politics of relations that scientific and technological settings silently enact.The Sociological Review201920192019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/92146reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésThe Sociological Review, 67(2)https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119831623CC BY-NC-NDhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/921462026-05-28T12:42:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
title Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
spellingShingle Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
Latimer, Joanna
affects
intimacy
care
science and technology
intimitat
afecte
cura
ciència i tecnologia
afecto
intimidad
cuidado
ciencia y tecnología
Interpersonal relations
Relacions humanes
Relaciones humanas
title_short Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
title_full Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
title_fullStr Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
title_full_unstemmed Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
title_sort Intimate entanglements: affects, more-than-human intimacies and the politics of relations in science and technology
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Latimer, Joanna
López, Daniel
author Latimer, Joanna
author_facet Latimer, Joanna
López, Daniel
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author2 López, Daniel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv affects
intimacy
care
science and technology
intimitat
afecte
cura
ciència i tecnologia
afecto
intimidad
cuidado
ciencia y tecnología
Interpersonal relations
Relacions humanes
Relaciones humanas
topic affects
intimacy
care
science and technology
intimitat
afecte
cura
ciència i tecnologia
afecto
intimidad
cuidado
ciencia y tecnología
Interpersonal relations
Relacions humanes
Relaciones humanas
description This paper introduces Intimate Entanglements by proposing three interrelated shifts that result from juxtaposing experiences with different world-making practices at the intersection of care, technoscience and theoretical engagements with affect theory and science and technology studies (STS). The first shift positions intimacy as not only relevant in STS but also as a more general epistemic concern of social scientific enquiry. The second shift is an exploration of the heterogeneous materiality of the intimate and, in particular, of its more-than-human constituencies. The third shift both reclaims and speculates about other politics of relations, including practical challenges (not only conceptual) to the way we do research. The paper shows that the beings entangled, the materialities involved, the affects conveyed and the extension of the intimate all come to matter when science and technology is critically analysed, and that they challenge the traditional limits and geographies of the intimate. It also argues that this has important political implications for science and technology, because it counters the invisibilisation of affect and all the intimate work usually associated with the emotional, domestic, and even infrastructural, and contests the ready-made framing of the intimate as naturally bound to the interpersonal, corporal and private, which the authors argue is a way to make visible the politics of relations that scientific and technological settings silently enact.
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