Asked what STS books blew her mind, Valerie Olson had this to say:
Annemarie Mol, The Body Multiple - “a genius work”
Hannah Landecker, Culturing Life - “one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read”
Stefan Helmreich, Alien Ocean - “obviously influenced my work quite a bit, he was writing it while I was a student”
Bruno Latour, Science in Action - “I’m not afraid to say that Bruno Latour’s Science In Action blew my mind, because I had come out of a career in medicine”
Olson, Valerie. Interview by Maggie Woodruff. Personal interview. Irvine, CA, June 12, 2018.
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Critical Commentary
This artifact is part of a PECE essay on what books have inspired UCI Anthro Faculty throughout the years.
This PECE essay helps to answer the STS Across Borders analytic question: “What people, projects, and products exemplify how this STS formation has developed over time?”
This essay is part of a broader exhibit on UCI Anthro STS.