Pinch, skillfully interviewed by Simone Tosoni, tells us the inside story of how the sociologies of science and technology came to be the cutting edge fields they are now. Pinch was there, knows how it happened, and tells it like it was and is. Bravo!
Howard S. Becker, author of Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance and Art Worlds
Entanglements provides a splendid introduction to the bewildering complexity of the social construction of technology (SCOT) and its larger science and technology studies (STS) history. Pinch's recollections of 'eureka!' moments and his often amusing anecdotes reveal the important roles of mentorships, friendships, the influences of students, chance encounters, and intellectual disputes with other significant figures in generating his own innovative and influential projects. Simone Tosoni's contributions as a highly informed, intellectually involved, and vigorously curious interviewer are significant. This is an illuminating and enjoyable read for students new to these fields as well as for seasoned researchers and scholars from the many other fields that are increasingly interacting with SCOT and STS.
Sandra Harding, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
With Entanglements you are there! This is a book of a conversation between Simone Tosoni, a media theorist, and Trevor Pinch. It is a time-zoom through the birth of SSK, the sociology of scientific knowledge, SCOT, the social construction of technology, through the science wars and the Golem books on into sound studies. Trevor Pinch was a principal in all these contemporary movements and his descriptions bring you right into the fray of the times—you feel you are there. It is a romp: the stories include tales about other giants like Harry Collins, Bruno Latour, John Law, and many others. And beyond the social, the networks, one gets the personal. All of us interested in science and technology studies need this deep perspective.
Don Ihde, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Stony Brook University
In the 1960s and '70s there was an academic revolution in our understanding of the nature of science. Here, Tosoni, working through the eyes of Trevor Pinch, recaptures the feeling of those times—uncanny! Pinch was in at the beginning of the 'sociology of scientific knowledge' and then cofounded the 'social construction of technology.' Fascinating stuff.
Harry Collins, Distinguished Research Professor, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
