Cover for Beyond Anthropocentrism: Non-Human Agents and Objects in Science, volume 13, issue 1

Volume 13, Issue 1 · 2026

Beyond Anthropocentrism: Non-Human Agents and Objects in Science

This issue examines how non-human objects and agents participate in and co-produce scientific knowledge.

About this issue

Traditional studies of science focus on human theorizing and human actions while viewing non-human factors as ancillary. Here, we aim to highlight the role of non-human objects and agents in science.

How do non-humans contribute to or co-produce scientific knowledge? What kinds of science emerge from interactions with non-humans? What are the epistemological and practical implications of relegating non-human actors and natural processes to an ancillary role in scientific inquiry?

This issue conceives of ‘non-humans’ quite broadly: tools, machines, artifacts, animals, artworks, networks, algorithms, and more.

Contents

Table of contents

  1. 1-11
  2. 12-30
  3. 31-47
  4. 48-61