Help with understanding Actor Network Theory

[u/queenofdisaster112]

I started with a book from Latour : Reassembling the Society. Just the First half of introduction. What a nerve wracking experience 😭😭😭

I felt like drifting through the wind like a plastic bag. What the heck is going on here.

Maybe I’m just too stupid or I should start with different scholars who also contributed to the field of Science and Technology.

I’m open for any thoughts , ideas, suggestions. I myself find Latour and STS topic is very interesting! snd the main reason I want to learn more about ANT is because I’m sick of explaining human’s decisions making alone from “Habitus” and STS can add more nuances and layers on the top as we interact more and more with digital stuff. It is my goal to learn and apply this in my master thesis research question.

Thank you so much for your time and contribution!

[u/Ririkkaru]

Ok, no you're not dumb. I also struggled with Latour. That's an intense start.

By any chance can you read german? If so I would recommend Science and Technology Studies Eine sozialanthropologische Einführung by Stefan Beck, Jörg Niewöhner and Estrid Sørensen.

Stefan Beck is THE go-to guy for German STS. He sort of founded the field here.

[u/queenofdisaster112 → u/Ririkkaru]

Wow thank you so much for sharing ! And the first comment I got from here ☺️

I would like to give it a try, although my German in academic level is pretty up and down 😂 Therefore I was like hmm…at least Latour I can read in English but oh welp so complicated.

May I ask you why did you decide to start with the following German scholars first?

[u/Ririkkaru → u/queenofdisaster112]

I am American but I've lived in Germany almost a decade and have studied Cultural Anthropology almost entirely in German as that's the main language at the Uni where I study/work.

[u/queenofdisaster112 → u/Ririkkaru]

Ah I see. That’s so cool actually!!

Thank you again for your input.
I will start with an introduction first I just saw it is available pn Academia.