A Nomadic Diagram

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Analysis Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.3167/sa.2019.630406

C. Humphrey

引用次数: 2

Abstract

The idea of the diagram as a ‘working object’ is used to discuss the biologist C. H. Waddington’s epigenetic landscape (EL) diagrams. This article investigates the diagrams’ history and discusses their usages in relation to Stengers’s idea of the ‘nomadic concept’. What is it about these diagrams that have made them a tool for transdisciplinary research? The article argues that it is useful to distinguish between the diagram and the illustration, and that it is in part because the EL diagrams retain an illustrative graphic character that they have been apt for imaginative adaptation and reuse. The diagram in this case becomes an ‘ontological go-between’ that is thereby able to function in different contexts, such as sociology and anthropology.

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游牧图

图作为“工作对象”的概念用于讨论生物学家c.h. Waddington的表观遗传景观(EL)图。本文考察了这些图表的历史，并结合斯坦厄斯的“游牧概念”思想讨论了它们的用法。是什么让这些图表成为了跨学科研究的工具?本文认为区分图表和插图是有用的，部分原因是EL图保留了说明性的图形特征，它们适合于富有想象力的改编和重用。在这种情况下，图表成为“本体论的中介”，从而能够在不同的背景下发挥作用，例如社会学和人类学。

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来源期刊

Social Analysis ANTHROPOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

7.10%

发文量

审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research. It encourages contributions grounded in original empirical research that critically probe established paradigms of social and cultural analysis. The journal expresses the best that anthropology has to offer by exploring in original ways the relationship between ethnographic materials and theoretical insight. By forging creative and critical engagements with cultural, political, and social processes, it also opens new avenues of communication between anthropology and the humanities as well as other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, including regular Special Issues on particular themes. The Editors welcome individual articles that focus on diverse topics and regions, reflect varied theoretical approaches and methods, and aim to appeal widely within anthropology and beyond. Proposals for Special Issues are selected by the Editorial Board through an annual competitive call.