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Thinkers · Across science and technology

Michel Callon (1945–2025)

National background
French
한국어
미셸 칼롱
中文（简体）
米歇尔·卡隆
English pronunciation
/miːˈʃɛl kæˈlɒn/mee-SHEL ka-LON
Original · French
/mi.ʃɛl ka.lɔ̃/

Approximate standard French reading. The final vowel is nasal; do not pronounce a separate final n.

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Chinese spelling follows the linked publication. Korean spelling is a working transliteration.

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Translation and the formation of networks of human and nonhuman actors.

Overview

Callon examines how actors define problems, propose roles for others, and attempt to build durable associations. His study of scallops, researchers, and fishers describes translation through problematisation, interessement, enrolment, and mobilisation. It provides a route into actor-network theory by showing how representation and coordination must be achieved rather than assumed.

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