Köppel, Jonas (2019). Lithium Transformations: An Unfinished Story. Transformations, 33, pp. 27-47.
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In this paper I explore what we can do with minerals as scholars of the human.
To stay with their ambivalence, between ecological destruction and
technological development, it might be worth thinking again about how
humans are entangled with minerals. Here, I build on the observation that
minerals make both our environment and our very selves; and I engage with
debates around materiality to explore what this feature can do for us in one
particular case: lithium. Through lithium I explore how minerals confront us
with complex epistemological issues in interdisciplinary conversations. Based
on science studies and work on scale I seek ways between social constructivism
and scientific universalism, suggesting matters of scale as a way forward.
Drawing on diverse histories of science, technology and medicine I perform
matters of scale by telling a pragmatic story about lithium as specific material
situated in scientific practice.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Social Anthropology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Köppel, Jonas Fabian |
ISSN: |
1444-3775 |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Jana Samira Lamatsch |
Date Deposited: |
16 Feb 2024 07:03 |
Last Modified: |
16 Feb 2024 07:03 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/192934 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/192934 |
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