ABSTRACT
Science and technology studies (STS) are about localization. With that contention Peter Galison sets to work expanding their visual research repertoire. It is thus hardly surprising that he gives pride of place to a practice that is renowned for its ability to capture the local in its richness and depth namely, that of making films. Galison's point is that the film is a visual technology that excels in depicting affect and mixing it with argumentation. The possible use of maps and mapping to discover, create or change connections has also been raised by STS scholars. To develop new forms of maps, to trace actors in new ways, and to experiment with new visual communication formats is essentially to contribute to the formation of publics. Mapping, in this view, may be a visual register that enables new forms of entanglement and affectedness.
