What poststructural theoretical engagements beyond Foucault provoked you to develop situational analysis?
Beyond Foucault (to whom I continually find myself returning), my other main theoretical engagement has been, like that with Foucault, with largely French scholars—actor-network theorists including Latour, Callon, Law, Akrich, Rabeharisoa and others (e.g., Law and Hassard, 1999). Known as ANT, this deeply empirical approach draws on semiotics as well as constructionism and upon Foucault as well (e.g., Kendall and Wickham, 1999). It has been a central approach used in science and technology studies where I have done most of my own work. I and other interactionists have been in ongoing dialogue with the ANT folks for the past two decades (e.g., Clarke and Star, 2003). As discussed in Chapter 2, I found their explicit use of the term nonhuman an exceptionally important innovation that I have adopted. This engagement remains highly provocative. I also have read and taught feminist theory for decades and more recently postcolonial theories and studies as well. Last, I should say that my h
