Michel CallonThinkers

An Actor is anything which bends space around itself, seeks to make other elements dependent upon itself, and translates their will into the language of its own.

Confined economist - economist in the wild is Callon, Michel. 2006. What does it mean to say that economics is performative' CSI WORKING PAPERS SERIES 005. 2006 .p33.

General symmetry is the idea that the same type of explanations must be used for all elements of a heterogeneous network (devices, social groups, natural forces), without any a priori preference given to one kind of element.

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Problematization is the definition of the nature of the problem in a specific situation by an actor (a group or an individual) and the consequential establishment of dependency.

The Process of performation is a process whereby socio-technical arrangements constitute ecological niches within and between which statements and models circulate as true or (close to true).

Racist architecture is architecture which discriminates. For example, in the 1960s, bridges in coney island were built such that busses (i.e. The transportation of poor people) would be too low to pass under to get to long island beach.

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Translation is the process that allows a network to be represented by a single entity, which can in itself be an individual or another network.