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Focuses on "The Promises of Constructivism" and the refusal to make an a priori distinction between humans and non-humans.

Acknowledges that modern science and technology are no longer distinct; they are deeply co-constitutive.

Contributes "Cyborgs to Companion Species," deconstructing nature/culture binaries through hybrids like dogs and cyborgs. Focuses on "The Promises of Constructivism" and the

On day two she followed a municipal technician named Rosa into the arteries of city infrastructure. Rosa’s job was to maintain water-quality sensors that measured turbidity and pH in the county’s wells. In a cramped van smelling of antifreeze and takeout, Rosa explained that the sensor she trusted most was a patched-together assemblage: an off-the-shelf probe, a repurposed microcontroller, soldered joints wrapped in silicone tape, and software updates scribbled on sticky notes. “It fails sometimes,” Rosa said. “But when it fails, we know how it fails.” The certainties of the lab — brand-new instruments, sealed protocols — gave way here to embodied knowledge: gestures, improvisation, and a ledger of past breakdowns.

Chasing Technoscience: Matrix for Materiality is a pivotal 2003 collection edited by Don Ihde and Evan Selinger that explores how physical matter and technological artifacts actively shape scientific practice. Part of the Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology On day two she followed a municipal technician

You might ask: why read this on a Kindle or a phone? Isn’t that ironic? Reading a book about the dangers of digital abstraction on a frictionless e-ink screen?

Traditional philosophy and sociology have often treated science as a purely theoretical or propositional enterprise, pushing the actual "stuff" of science to the background. This book actively redresses that absence by placing materiality at the core of scientific knowledge production. Key focuses of the text include: “It fails sometimes,” Rosa said

The book is structured into two main parts that bridge empirical studies with philosophical reflection: