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Science and technology studies

the modern practice of separating nature from society into distinct zones while hybrids of both multiply unseen through translation.

In science and technology studies, work of purification refers to the modern practice of separating nature from society into distinct zones while hybrids of both multiply unseen through translation. This meaning comes from Latour (1991/1993) in We have never been modern.[1]

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Latour, B. (1993). We have never been modern (C. Porter, Trans.). Harvard University Press. (Original work published 1991) ISBN 9780674948389

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