Trials of Strength

Remember that for Latour something is real if it is resistant. Reality, for Latour– and I’m still trying to figure out where I come down on this –consists of gradients of resistance. Some things have a high degree of resistance, some do not and are easily toppled or shattered. (Bryant, 2009) Trials of strength are questions of work, structure, and endurance. It is a question of how things are built. This is not construction in the sense of “social construction”, but quite literally is genuine construction, genuine building, genuine relations among forces. (Bryant, 2009)

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