Madeleine Akrich

Madeleine Akrich (born March 4, 1959) is a French sociologist of technology. She served as the director of the Center for the Sociology of Innovation at Mines ParisTech from 2003 to 2013.[1]

Madeleine Akrich
Born (1959-03-04) March 4, 1959
Boulogne-Billancourt
OccupationSociologist
OrganizationOffice parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques
Known forScience and technology studies, Actor-Network Theory
Notable work"The de-scription of technical objects" (1992)
AwardsMédaille d'argent du CNRS (2016) Officier de l'ordre national du Mérite(2017)

Research

Akrich's work concerns the sociology of technology. She developed actor–network theory, a theoretical approach to social analysis, alongside Michel Callon, Bruno Latour, John Law, and others.

Akrich primarily studies users' relationships with various technologies, with a focus on technologies of obstetric medicine and, in recent collaboration with Cécile Méadel, online health discussion forums.

In 2016, Akrich received the CNRS Silver Medal.[2]

Notable publications
  • Madeleine Akrich, Cécile Méadel and Vololona Rabeharisoa, Se mobiliser pour la santé. Des associations s'expriment, Paris, Presses des mines, 2009.
  • Madeleine Akrich & Cécile Méadel, "De l'interaction à l'engagement: les collectifs électroniques, nouveaux militants dans le champ de la santé," Hermès, n°47, 2007.
  • Madeleine Akrich, Bruno Latour, & Michel Callon (ed.), Sociologie de la traduction : textes fondateurs, Paris, Mines Paris, les Presses, "Sciences sociales," 2006. ISBN 2-911762-75-4
  • Madeleine Akrich, Vololona Rabeharisoa, P. Jamet, Cécile Méadel & F. Vincent (ed.), La Griffe de l'ours. Débats et controverses en environnement, Paris, Presses de l'École des Mines, 2002.
  • Madeleine Akrich & Françoise Laborie, De la contraception à l'enfantement. L'offre technologique en question, Paris ; Montréal (Québec), l'Harmattan, 1999. ISBN 2-7384-8476-X
  • Madeleine Akrich & Bernike Pasveer, Comment la naissance vient aux femmes. Les techniques de l'accouchement en France et aux Pays-Bas, Le Plessis-Robinson, Synthélabo, "Les Empêcheurs de penser en rond," 1996. ISBN 2-908602-74-1
  • Madeleine Akrich, L. Bibard, Michel Callon et al. (ed.), Ces réseaux que la raison ignore, Paris, l'Harmattan, "Logiques sociales," 1992. ISBN 2-7384-1293-9
  • Madeleine Akrich, "The De-Scription of Technical Objects" in Shaping Technology / Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change, 1992.

References
  1. "Madeleine Akrich". Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. "Madeleine Akrich". CNRS. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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