How did Bruno Latour study science?
I studied science by 'going to the facts' – meaning, by immersing myself in the laboratories and offices where scientific work actually happens. My method involved meticulous ethnography, tracing the connections that scientists and engineers forge between themselves, their instruments, their texts, and the broader world. I wanted to see how controversies were settled and how claims became accepted as 'objective truth,' demonstrating that this process is always situated and negotiated, never a direct access to reality.
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