INTERWEAVING BRUNO LATOUR: INSCRIPTIONS, MONSTERS, HYBRIDS, AND METAMORPHOSIS

Abstract

This article delves into the intellectual trajectory of Bruno Latour (1947-2022), highlighting four threads that allow us to navigate through different moments of his thinking: (1) the concept of inscription, (2) the metaphor of monsters, (3) the notion of the hybrid, and (4) the reference to metamor-phosis. Understanding these threads as lateral concepts, they provide a journey through Latour's work, starting from his early engagement with philosophy and theology, pro-gressing through laboratory studies, his associology, and his later ecological project. Having traversed this path, the article examines the yield of tools offered by Latour and the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) for conducting scientific-so-cial research in Latin America.