Madeleine Akrich
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Madeleine Akrich is a French sociologist and leading figure in science and technology studies, known for her work on user-technology relationships and the sociology of innovation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Madeleine Akrich canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11645422 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madeleine Akrich Context triple: [Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, hasResearcher, Madeleine Akrich]
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A.
Arlette Varda
Arlette Varda is the birth name of Agnès Varda, the influential French New Wave film director and artist known for her innovative, feminist, and documentary-style cinema.
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B.
Agnès Godard
Agnès Godard is a renowned French cinematographer celebrated for her long-standing collaboration with director Claire Denis and her distinctive, atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Karine Franclet
Karine Franclet is a French politician who serves as the mayor of Aubervilliers, a suburb of Paris.
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D.
Violette Nozière
Violette Nozière is a 1978 French crime drama film by Claude Chabrol that recounts the true story of a notorious 1930s French parricide case.
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E.
Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze is a Canadian actress acclaimed for her work in French and international cinema, including award-winning performances at the Cannes Film Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Madeleine Akrich Target entity description: Madeleine Akrich is a French sociologist and leading figure in science and technology studies, known for her work on user-technology relationships and the sociology of innovation.
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A.
Arlette Varda
Arlette Varda is the birth name of Agnès Varda, the influential French New Wave film director and artist known for her innovative, feminist, and documentary-style cinema.
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B.
Agnès Godard
Agnès Godard is a renowned French cinematographer celebrated for her long-standing collaboration with director Claire Denis and her distinctive, atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Karine Franclet
Karine Franclet is a French politician who serves as the mayor of Aubervilliers, a suburb of Paris.
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D.
Violette Nozière
Violette Nozière is a 1978 French crime drama film by Claude Chabrol that recounts the true story of a notorious 1930s French parricide case.
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E.
Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze is a Canadian actress acclaimed for her work in French and international cinema, including award-winning performances at the Cannes Film Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French academic
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human ⓘ science and technology studies scholar ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| affiliation | École des Mines de Paris ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Antoine Hennion
NERFINISHED
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Bruno Latour ⓘ Michel Callon ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École des Mines de Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
Centre de sociologie de l’innovation
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linked to:
Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation
Mines Paris – PSL ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
science and technology studies
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sociology ⓘ sociology of innovation ⓘ sociology of technology ⓘ technology studies ⓘ user-technology relationships ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
science and technology studies
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sociology ⓘ |
| hasRole | leading figure in science and technology studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bruno Latour
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Michel Callon ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | actor-network theory ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of how designers inscribe uses into technical objects
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contributions to actor-network theory ⓘ sociology of innovation ⓘ work on user-technology relationships ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“How to Do Words with Things”
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“The De-Scription of Technical Objects” ⓘ “User Representations: Practices, Methods and Sociology” ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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researcher ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Centre de sociologie de l’innovation ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
design of technical objects
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medical technologies ⓘ participatory design ⓘ scripts of technology ⓘ users and innovation ⓘ |
| studies |
innovation processes in technology
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relationships between users and technologies ⓘ |
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Instruction
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