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This chapter explores the relation between subjectivities, materialities (including technological arrangements) and bodily competencies. Starting from the assumption that all material and bodily arrangements are specific, it considers some of those specificities, and the 'passages' through which the...

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Published in:Sociological Review Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 196 - 220
Main Authors: Moser, Ingunn, Law, John
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. May1999 Supplement
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        Actor-network theory
        Electric wheelchairs
        Joysticks
        Carriages & carts
        Cyborgs
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          Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
          Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
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