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It would be fascinating to learn if Cozzoli's reference IS indeed news to some people on this list -- and if it is not news, whether it is still considered 'unorthodox', as Cozzoli himself suggests. My own view is that the Latour (and Woolgar!) reference should be obvious -- perhaps even taken for granted -- and his take on laboratory studies is the normal starting point, even if there are various disagreements down the line. In saying this, I don't mean to be endorsing the Latour-Woolgar line, simply its presumptive significance in the field. To me, Steindor's question sounds like something that could have been asked in earnestness maybe 25 years ago -- but now?! Surely, Google could get to Latour-Woolgar in a flash! I am not trying to pick a fight here, but I raise this more as a reality check about the historical self-consciousness of history of science as a field. Steve Steve Fuller Professor of Sociology University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom Phone +44 2476 523 940 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/academicstaff/sfuller/fullers_index http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~sysdt/Index.html BLOG: 'Making the University Safe for Intellectual Life in the 21st Century' http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/swfuller/ NEW BOOK (Autumn 2009): The Sociology of Intellectual Life -- The Career of the Mind In and Around the Academy (Sage). Save 50% order online at www.sagepub.co.uk quoting promo code UK09AF024. E-book also available at £24.95 (ISBN 978-1-84920-523-8) -----Original Message----- From: Promoting discussion in the science studies community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniele Cozzoli Sent: 22 September 2009 15:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Laboratory studies You probably already know Latour's un-orthodox view: Bruno Latour, Laboratory Life. The Construction of Scientific Facts, Princeton University Press, 1986 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viviane Quirke" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: Re: Laboratory studies As this may be of interest to all, can I suggest that thE replies are sent to Mersenne as well? Off the top of my head, in the history of medicine a classic and still very useful book, which should be widely available although it is not the journal or review article you request: A. Cunningham & Perry Wiilliams (eds), The Laboratory Revolution in Medicine (Cambridge: CUP, 1992). Viviane Dr Viviane Quirke RCUK Academic Fellow in 20th-century Biomedicine Centre for Health, Medicine and Society Oxford Brookes University > Hi > > Can anyone direct me towards the relevant literature on laboratory > studies? As I am pressed for time I would prefer journal papers or > review articles that I can easily access. Please reply to me > personally: [log in to unmask] > > Regards, > Steindór > -- > Steindór J. Erlingsson > vísindasagnfræðingur/historian of science > http://www.raunvis.hi.is/~steindor/ > > "My own view is that most psychiatric diagnoses are about as > scientifically meaningful as star signs ..." (Richard Bentall, > Doctoring the Mind, 2009: 110) >