Callon, Michel

"Innovation requires not just ideas, but the mobilization of vast networks of support."

"We live in a world of hybrids where the boundaries between nature and culture have collapsed."

"The study of how things work reveals the political nature of technology."

"Market economies are not natural systems; they are constructed through coordinated action."

"Understanding the world means understanding the networks that hold it together."

"Expertise is not a property of individuals; it is distributed across networks of practice."

"The stability of the social world is always provisional and contested."

"Language and practice are intertwined in the production of meaning and reality."

"Objects have their own agency and must be understood as active participants in the world."

"Competence emerges from the coordination of multiple actors and artifacts."

"The future is not determined; it emerges from the choices we make in enrolling others."

"To change society, one must change the networks that constitute it."

"The work of translation is never finished; it requires constant maintenance and renegotiation."

"Distance is not simply geographical; it is a matter of how networks are stretched and maintained."

"We cannot understand science by studying scientists alone; we must study the entire network."

"The social is not a domain; it is an effect of association and connection."

"Power emerges from the ability to enlist and coordinate diverse actors."

"Facts are effects of network building, not causes of scientific consensus."

"The world is made up of associations between entities of different kinds."

"Technology is never simply a tool; it shapes and is shaped by social arrangements."

"Understanding how things work is a political act with real consequences."

"The market is an effect of the work done to create it and maintain it."

"Innovation is a process of making new connections between previously separate elements."

"Society cannot be reduced to human actors; non-humans are essential to its functioning."

"The stability of knowledge depends on the durability of the networks that support it."

"To be an actor is to make a difference, to alter the course of others' action."

"Meaning is not contained in texts or minds; it emerges through the circulation and use of inscriptions."

"The work of science is to create stable representations that can travel and be trusted."

"Change requires the reconfiguration of networks, not just the change of ideas."

"Objects gather people and relations around them; they are centers of concern."