Latour 1991 - The Berlin Key

8/17/2019 Latour 1991 - The Berlin Key

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O

NTENTS

Li

s

rrl

tts ntr

o s

^\()fc. i

r l1

ott tr i l) t t t ) ï :

,4c r ,

' I

d c c s

Introduct ion

l , \ u L

( ;

\ . \ \ '

E S , u t { ( ) \ ç '

Brck.qrortrrd

Et r tbo, l i t r t t ' r t t

. \ u Î i ln l r l ) ,

Frrt ctot l i t1, i l d

])ùt

)cr

1r r , / rg ,i , ' r r . .

I t t , , t

, t r t , l I I t t : i , , t t

The Berl in key or how to do words with things

t J I { U \ ( ) L . { T ( ) L {

The funct ions

of things:

a

philosophical perspect ive

rnaterial

culture

I J E T H I ' I t . E S T ( ) N

Inrrodrt . tôt t

'[

r o

p I

oso

1t

c

al

tt r cp ,t 5

çt

,fi

r

1 ct

o

Ftnrcl iôu

tr rr taîtr i t l ar lt t rr t '

I pl r a o s li) .1rcncL)l ,q))

C() i l i1 i l \ i t ) t t

Making

culture and weaving the

world

T I \ 1 I N ( ; ( ) L I )

--1 fC/,i i f.r

ill1{/

(r ,-q( l/r i . i / i l .{

. \ , iÈi 1q, l ir l

qnrr

, ir i ,g

()t

t ct crrt ttril( ir lrri-rkcl

Srr lic,',.lorrcû d

t

{.

I c 'd

r

ttf'.fit

t \

\' i

xi i

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3

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6

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22

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-16

50

5 1

53

5 5

22

50

In P.M. Graves-Brown, 1991. Matter,

Materiality and Modern Culture. Routledge,

London. pp.10-21


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( ] ( ) N T E N T S

Sirir ,r1-rr i t rûtut '( lnd

ûrl

Tlte I

rt

t

s cr/- r'.riqri

()tr

tltc

,qrotnlt

ol irt4;1ûs

Ba.cËc't .çn

d t(xt i l(s

.\1,ifrirrg s tl u'tl)isl tt,t'ayitt,q

I I i 'ar ir t .qb1, inl: t td ltut l t t lns

Cottr l t tsit t t t

Indigenous

theories, scient if ic theories

and

product

histories

l \ l l ( l

H , { E L L J I { l A \ ' . S ( l } l l F F E l {

I

r t t rodrrt torr

I trdi.qcrtorts

lrcorics nd t l t ( dert t i :c f- t lr t L'dr l1t

' lg;yr lt.r, '

I r tdi.qcrtotts

ltcor) ' : l t t 'dark sidt '

Bt'l au t al î o e a d :c c icprod ct /i .ctoric-ç

Di-çirr-c-çitrlrl d

rc s 0

Taking things rarore

seriously:

psychological

theories

autisrn

and the

rnaterial-social

divide

E \ 1 N 1 \ \ ' I L L I A ] \ 4 S , { \ I ) A I A N

( ] ( ) S T , { L L

' f l t r :

socidl.or irc-\rl '

olt ict t t r :c

Horr i I t i Idn'tr l i t I r art t ist t t

t ' l t t t t ' o t t l t jccts

Ctrrrcrt t

l t t 'orct i tdl

r todcls l 'arrt isrt t r td lrc nraît ' r ial-st t t iali t , idc

-I-ltc r ratcri l - soci d rti le

'Socirr/r.çirrq'

afli,nld ct

C() i l( l t tsi() t l

Pomp

and circurnstance: archaeology, rxodernity and the

corporatisation

of death: early social and polit icalVictorian

attitudes towards burial practice

( ; F ( ) t { ( ; E

N A S } l

I I rod t

)

: t

c

.grtt

'

crf çcr'l rlri.çcd çocict ),

Ctr r td t r t t t r r r r r i r r.q:'spt t tabi I i t1 ' t l 'dcat I t

Tirrrc. f irr

hart .qc

Ht:nlt l t

atrd socinlt ' r t rr i îy

-- l .srcrrdir iq

i,ql.qatc i I

- l i ' rnt ir t , t t iotr

at t ln' Lt t t rdtt treocpo/i. r

Cttrtr l tart) , ' [ i ' r t t r i t t r t :

7ô

s t tn t t t rar is t '. .

of

a7

59

6(

62

( rJ

65

()H

72

72

73

7 8

8( )

92

97

98

99

1 0 1

I0.5

1 0 6

1 \ ) 7

t t 2

I 1 2

1 1 3

1 1 5

1 1 6

l t 7

i l9

126


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C - O N T E N T S

7

Never

rnind the

relevance?

popular culture

for

archaeologists

\ . . 1 . c H ( ) F I E t l )

Srtap-ç/tor.ç

It tro

rrci .q

1ô

t ldr iltl

Iff(

H e ta.qc 1 d til - r a.qt d i t t o .{, (), Lil di /i () i

Ë.r1r1,rr i

iq

),ott t l t

t t l t t t rc:

9 62-7 -t

Ctrrtclt tsiott

Always

crashing

in

the

salrre car

l , \ L

|

(

, l , l

\ \

l

\

l l

l r

) \ \

\

Habit , t t or -çÈirr. '

7Jit ' ,cci l l

i f i '

t t l ' t l t I r t .qs

51,1iôo1ii

t r l t t ir l- t

P()1ttù rdplt) ,

B i5P

a1l i 6 t t t ro l

l t t a()nLlu: i()n:11'111t,

t t ' t t , l tat ,

s to blatt tr :?

lrrlc.r'

1 3 1

1 3 1

1 3 3

i 3 5

1+0

1 5 (

15 5

1 5 6

1 5 9

l 5 e

l (r0

162

|

( l - )

I 6(r


4/15

1

THE BERLIN

KEY

OR HOW TO

DO -WORDS \YITH THINGS'

B n t t t o La t o t r t '

A social

dit letrsiot-t o

technologr'?Tl"rrt\ not srr- inq

nruch.

Lct us lr ther

rrtLnit

th:rt no

one

has

ever observecl huni:rn

societv t l-rathrs not been built u'r th

thinqr. A nnteri. r l

r \pcct to societ ies? hat is

st i l l r . rotsaving enouqh: thrngs i lo

not exist u' i thout berne tul l of people. and the nrore nroc1ern ncl conrplicatecl

thev are, he nrore;reople

s\\ ' : lrnl throuqh

thenr.A nuxture of soci:r lclcterrni-

I ' t : t t iot-rs

trc- l r : r ter i: r l

corrstraints? h:rt is ;r euphcnrr.rtr .

fbr rr r . no lonqer a

nratter

oinrixing pure tbrnrs

chosen t l-onr tuo

grc. lt

rc\cr\-on': .

one

in u'hich

s'ould l ic

the soci.r l : rspects

inierninq or sr-rt-r ject.

he ot l-rer

s'herc

one

u'oulcl

stockpile nraterial

coniLrol lentsbelonging

to pl-rr-sics,iologl ' rrnc' l l . resciencc

oi

I l : r tet ' i : r ls.

A

clialect ic. hen? I i

vou

like.

btrt onlv on concli t ion th:rt \ \ 'e

irbattdott

he nrrrd rclea h;rt

the sul-r jects posec' ln i ts

oprposit ion o t ] te object.

fbr t l . rere

rre trc- ithersubjects

nor otr jc 'cts. eithel

in the begtnnrng

-

nl ' t l t ict l

-

t tor i t t

t l ' re eltcl

-

equalh'rrrr ' thical.

Circulet ionr.

\cL[rc]rcc\.

fr ' , r i lr Ièr 's,rr insl i l-

t iorts, displacernerlts.

rvsrl l l is: ' r t ions

t]rere i lre n1. ln\-ntt) t i t rr1r.ccrrr inlr ' ,

br.r t

not

a single one oithenr.

perhaps. hrrt resenlbles

r contr lcl ict ion.

Irr

Carelnr:rt t 's

Crln71()ql/( '111'-t

lr is l-r

r t t rorrrnlt l t 's

Carehlan

1t)95) one cloesnot

f incl

the surre:r l ist ickev

th:rt lppears belos,

.rncl br

goocl

re:rson. his ker '

, l o c sc x i s t ' . r r t

, r r l v

r r J c r l r r r

r n t l t r

. r r b r r r ' 1 . ' . 1

Here is

t l ' resort of oL'r jcct .hrch.

thouqh it nrav

glarlden

t l ' re

herrts

of tecl.r-

nologists.

causesniqhtnr;u'es

br archleologists.Tl ' rev

rre n cltèct the onlv onc's

in

thc'\ 'or lcl to stuclr ' ; r f t r' f rrcts

hirt sonle\\ 'h;rt

csenlble whlt ntocle|n philoso-

phers believe

to be rrn object. Ethnolosists.

anthlopologisrs.

iblklol ists.

econornists.enqineers, consunrcl 's rrnd nsels nevcr see objects.Thev se-e nlr '

plans, act ions,

beliaviours. irrr : lnqenrents. rabits.

.reurist ics.

bi l i t ies. collect ions

of pract iccs of u'hicl i

ccrr.r irrportrorr\

\ccnr

.r htt le nrore clur ' : rblcmcl othcrs:r

l i t t le Irore

translent. l-rough

one can l levcr

sev

u'hich

onc. stecl ol nrenror\ ' .

things ot-u'ot 'cls,stoncs

or l l tu's.

gr-rar: intees

he longer

clur ' : r t ic 'rn.ven in or-rr '

gr: i t rclnrother-s'

t t ics. rn t l-re lea nrlrket.

in tou'n

clunrps,

n sclap hc,r; .r . n

rt lstc(- l : lctories.

n t l . re

Snrithsonian Inst itut ion.

objects

st i l l

apps.rrquite

ftr l l

of

use. of nrr-nrones,

oi

in\ trLlct ions.

A tèn

\tcps

r\ \ ' i lv t l-rere s rr ln' .n's onreone

s'ho

critr t : rke

prosscssiotr i thenr

to pacl those u'hitened bones n' i th ncs'

f lesh.This

fesurrect iolr

oit l-re t lesh ut:rv Lrc brbiclclen

o: irchrreoloqist: . sincc

l { )


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r H E

I ] E I T L I N

K E Y

Ft , l rn .1

Cecrcs t

. rnc

lc i

thc socicrv thlt

nrr idc.rncl ulrs nrrde bv

thesc.u' tetrrcts

h.rs

dis.rppre. lrcd.rod\ '

; rnd

rrc-ro, ls.

ct

even

if ther l l lust ir) fèr,

throur- lh

4{r

opel ' i l t iol. r of-

rerro-

engineermq.

the cl ' r . r insof .rssoci.r t ior)s

i

\ \ 'hlch the

artct:rcts rre on[r ' orre

l ink..rs soon:ls thev

glrsp in

their- l ' r irncls

l-rcse oor tossil isecl r

dr-rstv bjects.

these rcl ics ininrccl i . r tclv cc. lse o bc ot lects lncl r t ' join t irc norlcl

oi peoprir-.

circul.r t ing i i 'onr hrrncl o

h.rrr ' l

rqlr t . r t thc

rirc

oithc exc;n'at ions, n the cl:rss-

lo t ' rur . r t

t i ' re

sc ient i f ie i ter r ture.The s l ight l i

u io lc

res is t . rn t

l r t o i . r ch l in

o i

pr : rc t ices ; rnnot be c . r l lcc l l r 'ob jcc t ' . e \cept r l t thc t i ln c i t is s t i l l undel the

qrountl,

unkl)o\\ 'n. thlos'n

.turn' .sr.r ir jectet l .

or-ere. '1.

gnoret l,

inr isible. n

itsc]t- .

In

othcr

u'or-cls.hcre erc

no visible

ob. jects rncl here ner-er h:n'e

been. Thc

onlv ob jcc ts . r rc r rv is i t r le . rn t l

oss i l ised ncs .Too

l r . rc i br the nroc ]ernphi loso-

pl-rers

'ho h.nc

t.r lkccl

o u\ \o nruch:rbout oul lel:r t ic 'rr .rs

' i t l-r

ot lects,:rbotrt

rhc clanqcls

oi olr- jcct i t ic:rr i t rn. i

iruto-posit iolr irrg oi the sul ' r- jcct l lrr l othcr

sclncrsrrults.

As

f irr us, rr ' lro )rc not

nroclern

philosophers

(. irrr ' l

t i l l less posl-11i6dc'r

1

ones).

s'c

consicler

ch:r ins

oi;rssocirrt ions and u'e \ .rv th.rt thet '

; r loue exisr.

Asstrci. t t ionsoi u'hrrt? Let

us

srn'.

s

l t l t 'st : ipploxinr:rt ion,

of

hunrurs

(H)

rrnd

non-hulr.uls

(NH).

Oi

coursr-.

one

could st i l l ni. rke

;.r cl ist inct iou.

on

rln\ '

qir-cn

ch.r in.

bets'ecrt

t l ' re

olr l

cl iv isions

incl

the n.rot- lenr. -H-H-H-H

u'oult l

rescnrb le

soc ia l

re l l t ions ' :

NH-NH-NH-NH-NH : r

'nrach ine ' :

H-NH

e

'per - \on-nr i ich inc

in tc l f r ice ' lNH-NH-NH-NH-NH-H' t l te

inrpr rc to i

l

tech-

l )o loqv on : r pcrso l r H-H-H-H-NH' thc in i l t rencc

oisoc ie tv

on

technoloqr " ;

H-H-H-NH-H-H-H the too l

shr rped

bv thc hunr rn, u ' l r r le NH-NH-NH-

H-NH-NH-NH

soul r l rcsenrb le

hose

uletchcc l

hunr : r r rsdrushed

bv rhe

\\ 'eiqht oi;r lr torrrrt isnrs. I lut r l 'hr-

errr lern'oLrro recognise the olcl cl ivisions

f

t hc v l u ' e . t l t i t l c i . r ll nd p r ev c n t

us t l ' o r n o l i os i n , ' t I , . , " , 1 . ' r h i , r . '

r h r r , 1 r : l t t e l ' s

o

l l

GJLertt


6/15

t s I { U N ( ) L A T O U I {

us :utcl

that

exi: ts: the transfbrnrlt ion oi rhcsc charns of asscrci.r t ions?

e no

longcr knon'

just

hon,to

characterise

he ele-nrents lut nrake

up these

chrins

once one

hrs

isohted

thenr. Tô spelk of

'hunr:rns'

rrncl

non-hunrans'

r l los's

onlv a roush

: lplrroxiur: i t iorr

thlt sr i ] l borrou's

f l 'onr

trrorlern

philosop.]11'hg

stupch, ing ide:r

thrt

thele

exrst

hunrans :rncl non-hnrnans.

s-here:rs here lre

onlv trajectories and dispatches, p;rths :rnd trai ls. But rve knou' th; i t t l . re

elenrerrts.

'h:rter-cr

thev nrav be,

are subst itutecland t lrrnsiornred.

Associ. t t tc-rt

-

AND

-

subst itut ton

OR:

this is rçhat

n' i l l

grve

Lrs

he

precisiorl thlt

cotr ld

never-

be

qiven

us bv the dist ir . rct ion

betn'een soci;r l : rnd technologrcal.

bet l,een

hurrr:rns

and

thines.

benveen

the

'svrr-rbolic

c-l inrension'inc-l

nraterial

constnrints. '

Let

us

allon'

the provision:r l

tbrnr of hunrrrns artr- l

l ie provision.r l

essenceof nratter to cnrerqe

1l 'onr

t l-rrs

xplsl;11i. t t throuqh :rssoci;r t ionstrcl

subst itut ions.

nstead

of

cormptinq

orlr t : lstc bv clecidrns

itr rdr ' : rnce

u'h.t t is

soci;r l

rnd

rr 'hrrt

s technological.

'What

is thrs

thir.rq?Wh:it 's

it used tbr? Whl' l kev uith t \ \ 'o bits?

Atrcl tuo

svr.nrletr ical bits? Who àre thev trr, ing to krcl?'The ;rrchaeoloqist Lrrns he

Berl in

kev ovel and

over in her hrrncls.Jecause she h.rs been told.

she t tou'

knclu's

thet

this ker. s

rrot

a.1oke. hat i t

is indcecl

being usecl

bv

Gerntarts

rnrl

that i t is er,en nsed

-

t l ie

det: ir l

is

inrportrurt on

the

onter

cloors

oi .rp.rrt-

ment builcl inqs.

She

had

cert:r inlv spottecl

he side-tr;n'el

al los'ed

bv the trct

that the t luo

bits u. 'ere t lerrt icl l . : rnc-lhe

l.rck

of lsvnrnietr l

in

the

tecth l irrrJ

stmck her. Of course

she rv:rs nvare,bec: iuse she h:rr l been

ttsi l tg kevs

tôr

.r

long

t inre,

of their usu:r l : r-xis f

r t>t l t ron .rnd

telt cle:rr lv thlt

otte of the bits.

either-

one,

corr l. ' lserve :rs r head in orcler

to

e\ert

enolrgh levellge to

disen-

gagc the bolr.

Ft. ,1trL

2

IJcr ' l r r rer cv sr .nrnretr r

t2


7/15

f H E B E I { L I N

K E Y

It

s'as onlv rrf ters' : rrds

hat sl-re

ot icecl the

qroove.The

li l t ter cl id

not

bre:rk

the side-trr ivel

but

re-establishecl

ln irsvrl lnetrv

rvhetr she considered

the kev

in plol i le. Hos'ever.

bv

turtr ins the ker '

180o on its vert icl l : ix is,

one lbund

the

sânre

groove

lt

the sânle

pl.rce.Translat ion,

3(r0o rot: l t iot ' t ol1

the horizontal

axis,

18ooon the

\-ert icr l ar is

-

al1

his probablr '

nleant sonlething, but

rr 'hat?

There had

to be a

lock tor this ker ' .she

telt sure. t n'as the

lock thirt

n'or.r ld

provide

the

kev to this

l i t t le nl 'sterr ' .

Hou'ever. n'hen she

looked at the

hole

into

s-hich

it s 'as to be

enqaqecl. he tnvstert '

only increased.

She

had never betbre

seen a

kevhole shaped

ike thrs,but i t

u'as

cle:rr

o her

that t l ' re

u.hole business.

he

s'hole athir, u' : rsb:rsed

on the arrangeurent

of the

notch

of the

horizontal

hole thlt r ' , 'or.r ld r

s. 'ould not al lorv

the hole to

receive the

groove

in the

ker' .

Our

lrchaeologist\

strrprrse

\ ' irsst i l l

qreirter

u'hen she

t 'as

ut iable

to tvith-

clrrrv the

ker' : r f tel

h:rr. ' ing rrtrocl-rcecl

t r ,ert ic.r lh' rnt' l

hl ' i t rg fultred

tt 27(1"

ccmnterclockn'rse.

Tl-re

lock u. ' ; rs certaiulv opert.

the bolt

had

certainlv

retmctecl nto the blrrck box as rtr the c;rseof :rtrYhottest lock, the ott ter door

\ \ ' . r \ d r r . r i l r l \ . r . e r r i r r r , .

r r t t r r , . t r

ç l r e

t t i r ' l t t . , r

t r t t l l n t t r h . r r r t he r

k c r ' . t t t '

s ' '

" '

' '

' ^ ^ ^ t - " "

r " "

'

t l- iend coulcl

not extr i lct

i t agein.The onlv

u'av out, she lbund,

n';rs o lock the

door

agri in br ' . r

270o clocku' ise

rotrrt ion.And

so she found

herself locked out

;r55:r in,

ack

n.here she

started. 'What

fbolishnessl 'she srvs to

l-rerself . ' ln order

to

qet

111\ 'kevblck,

I

have to lock the door again.Yet

I can't stal 'behincl

the

door.

on the courrviucl

side.

u' l-rr le bolt i t aq:t i t ' t t ' t

the street side.

A

door

h:rs

to

be cither open

or closed.

Anc' l vet

I

catrtrot

lose a kev each

t inre I use it .

r r r r l c . '

h c d t r t ' r - i r t

( l l l c \ t i o r ' r

: , t t t . t s v r r r t t t c t t - i , ' . r l

l t c t h . l t

h . i . t o r c t t t . . t i t t

unbolted

ri l . r i leone

is inside.

I f i t n'ere :r kev to a

nrailbox, rvell . then

I

coulcl

13

Figrirr '

. ,1 IJerl incr

ev

reversibi l i t r


8/15

t ] I \ L : N ( )

L A T ( ) U I {

Street ide Courlyardside Coudyard ide,

looking hrough

keyhole

I - i , t t r r t I I lc r l i rc l ker ' l ro lc

runclcrstrnd t . I lut t ] ' r is s

:r lrsurc].

lnvone

corr lcl ock

l l lc i l i \ \ ' i th

l

tnrn oi the

ker' . rncl ul\ ' \ \ ' .1\ ' .\ 'c 're t : r lkinq lbout the dool to iul . lp. lr tnicnt house.

Atrd

on

the ot l-rerh:rnc'I .i I bolt

rhe

lock u' i thout thc

ckror

Lreingclosecl. he bolt s ' i l l

s top i t f l ' on i clos inq.Wh. r t

prL) tcdt i ( rn Jn. r door o f fe l i i i t

i s

c ;u 'e f i r l l v

ro l ted

bu t

u i t l e

o p e n ? '

( ioocl

rrchacologist that sl.re s. nou shc

setsabotrt crplor" inq

the specit ica-

t ions oiher nrir ' ; iculotts cr-. 'Wl-r;r t

rct ion

loulcl pelntrt her to

f.reserve:r l l

l -re

e icntentso icc lnrnror t scnse. r tc l r tcc? kev scrves ( )

open: rn . l ckrse: t t rc - lzor

o

bolt :uicl

t rnbolt l i

lock;

onc c;rnl iot lose onc's kcv e.rch t irrrc.

nol le:rve it

i t ' ts icle. or bolt

:ur open door' .

nor

believe thcre

u'or.r lcl

e

rr

kev

to

l-hich

rr

locksnrith l i . rc1..1ustbr t irrr . . rcldet l

r brt .Wh.rt

gcsture

rr ' , . rLr lr l

r l l txv ore to i lcr

jurncc

t ( r

thr '

1 . . l r t ieu l r r i t v

o i thrs ker '

-

ruo

bi ts

svnrnrc t r ic . r l

l . r rough

18( )o

rot ir t iol l

rrouucl the

:rxis

rrncl

clerrr ic:r l

l ' rrouqh sicle-t lrn'cl

? Thcre nrust

be

:r

so lu t ion. Thcre is on ' lv

ore

ncr rk l ink in

th is

l i t t lc

soc io- log ic r r l

nc tsork .

' l ) ; r t t tn .

o i cot r lse l 'A rc . rc ler rv i .1

o r

to ; r6 lqq1 ' .

rn rnh. r l . i t r r r t t

i

Bcr l in . thc

:rstute

rch;reologist,

i :n'e

prob:rblr, . r lrcaclvLll lr ler\ to()d thc

qcstulc

rhlt t nrust

be

nrrtcle.

iour archaeologistci l l)n()t n- itht l ' ;nv l-rerkev rrt ter

r;rr- ing

oltcr l t l-re

cloor br r

171

' ' rotat ion .rs s her habit u' irh everv kev in thc lrorld, she nrust

be

:rble

to

nr:rkc

the

kel

nos'

horizontal. sl ip

f i 'onr the other

sicle l . rrouqh hc

l oc k .

Sl-re r ies this

l ibsurcl

nove. :rr id

: lct lr . l l lv

succcec' ls.

i thotrt

unt lcrest it t r : i t ir tg

our.rrchaeologist 's nl; i thenrl l t ic;r l ipt i t r lc les. \ 'e

ci in bct that

shc rr i ight rcl l ir l l r l

s tanding t the door o iher bu i lc l inq hr ' r l 'ho lc n i qht thr . ' r - rgh c fb lc

ler rn i ins

bon ' t r ' rget i l r .

Wi thor r t . r

hunr . rn

l .c ing.

r r i t l ro t r t

l

r lenronst r - . r t ion.

i thout

cl ire'ct ions. he u'oulc1cet ' t runlvhrtvc:rn

;rt t rrckof

hvsterics.Thcse kcr,s hlt p: tss

through

n'rr l ls

re too

lenriniscenf

oi

qhosts

not to

t i ' igl-r tenus.

This

Serture

is

so r. tnh;rbitr .r : tlh; i t

one

c.rn

onlv

le:rrn ir f ior l

sc'rnreonc lse.,r

Berl iner. nho

t+


9/15

f H E I - ] E ] { L I N

K E Y

o

Sl ide

key hrough keyhole

Key

cannol

now be

wrthdrawn

because ol

notch on key

and

lrp on do or

plale

Figrn'c .- i

Kev opcr' . t t ion

street iclc

has n turn

lc:rrnecl

t f l 'onr : l l lothcr

Berl incr,

u'ho in

t l lrn

. . . al ld so ot. t t t rd

so

tbrth bv

deslees

:r1l he

u'av b:rck to the

inspirecl t rvclrtct t ' ,

'hotn I n' i1l cal l .

since

I clon't

kt tou' l-r inr. he

Prussil t r Locksttr i th.

I i our

f ienc' l

\ 'ere f i)r ld oi svnrbolic

.rrt thropolog\ ' . he

could h:rvc consoled

herseli tbr

not being able

to

get

in bv

ent loning thrs

kev s' i th :r 's) ' l t rbolic

cl inrension':

n West

Bcrl in. before

t l. reW.il l

fèl l , t l . repc-ople

supposecllr ' elt so

lockecl in th:rt t l ' revcloublecl he nunrber oibits on t l . reirkevs. 'Thcrc. t l . r : r t 'st,

: l

repet it ior) conrpll ls iort .

;t rtt itsspsvchosls

oi the besiegecl.

r Berl ir l-Vierrrta

axisi

hnr, hnr.

I crn alrerrclr ,

ee nn'seli

u'r i t ing :r nice lr t ic le

on the hidden

nreaninq oi Gernrrrn

technoloqical objects.That

is

certâi l th'

\ \ 'orth sperldtnc

à

colcl

night

in Bcr" l in. 'Br.rt

otrr

t l ' ienc1.l. rank God.

is onlv a good alcl-raeolosist

clevoted o

t l. reharsh

constr:r insand

exigencies oiobjccts.

She

ilnds

l.rersclf

>tr thc' other

sicle oi the door

asairt , t l te

kev str l l l . ror i-

zont l l . and

fèels t l ' rat

sl.re

' i l l

: i t

l : rstbc able to

rcc()\-er t . 'That\ the Clcrnrlr ts

al l

oyer' . she

s,rvs o

l-rc'rselt- . 'Whv

nr:rke soll lething

sinrple

s,hen

l 'or-r

crttt

nrrrke

t

conrplicatcr l l '

Hos'ever.

r.rst

s'hen she thouql-rt

she

u': .rs t t t oithe

rr 'ooc' ls, ur:rrch: icolo-

qist

oncc'aq:r ir t

conrcs

close to a

t l t of l l 'ster- i l . Once

she and

l-rerker- ùl lc i l l

rr

hunrrrn

lni i l lncr. t l-re

othel in a ghost lv

rt tatt l tcr

-

h;tvc p:rssed o t l ' re othel

sicle,shc

st i l l c lnnot

reco\-er

her sesrt l t te.

n vrt in she pr.r l ls.

ushes. there

is

l lothing

to bc

done. thc

kev is no

nrore inchnetl to conle

ot lt thi lr l

l t \ \ ' . ls

g'hep

ope enq:rqcd

t on the ot l-rer

side.Our

t l ' iencl c;rtr l t rcl

ro

other

solt t t iot t

th;rn

to

qo

Lrack

o

s'her. 'she staltecl,ol l

the

tt t 'cct t i . lc.

[ . r pLrs]rrrtchc

wall-

pcl lctràt i l ig

kcv back

throtrqlt

rn :r hor- izont:r l

posit ior l. thet i

ottcc rtqatr-t

bolt ing

the door.

frncl ing

herself back outsicle.

rt

t l . re

co1cl . .

n' i th her ker '

l 5


10/15

I J R U N O

L A T O U R

Recover

key

by

pull ing

rom keyhole

[ : i .qr rc

1.

r

Ket ' oper : r t ior )

cour t r ' : r r t l s ic lc

She starts

evervthing

over ag:r in

f i 'onr

the Lreginning,

rnd f in:r l lr ' sees

(sonreone

has sl ion'n her' ;shc

has

read sonre

sol ' t of rùrect ions:

s]re has

{rop3çl

rror,rnd br:r long enoLlgh r inre) thrt Lty nlt ir t ,g l tc r l t t t t r ,qt i t rbclt irrd

rcr ' ,

n

thc

courn,rrcl side, she is at l : rst

ar-rthorisec-l

o recover l . rerker-.Oh

1cx,

oh dclicl i t ,

she understandshon' it n'orks

- fhese

shoutsof jov

ucrc

PreurJ turc .Whcn,

n thc nrorn inq r i t : i lound

te l r

o'clock,

she

t 'antccl

to

\ho\\ '

l ' rcr

f l- ient l n'hrrt

a

goocl l3erl iner.

as

u'el l : is rr

good

archaeolosist.she

hrrcl

beconie,

she

covelecl

hcrseli u' i tl i shrinre. nsre:rcl

of . len'ronstrat inq

er brand nerv: lt t r inl l lel) ts.

she

could

not tLrrn

fhe

keY nrore

than f lve

deqrees.

Tl-r is trnre' .

he dool renrainet l

oFcn

pcl 'nr. lncrrt lv

s' i t l-rout

hcl

being

able

to Lrolt

i t . I t u-;rsonlv at

tcn

o'clock

;rt

night.

l 'hen

she c:tnre

b.rck t l 'onr the

nror. ' ies.

hrrt

she cor-r ld

erelcise her knou'- l . ron. t t r l the door, ls

it h:rd

been

the

r.r ightbefbrc, u'as

hemret ical lr

sealecl. he

u':rs irrcecl. hen, to

part icipate voluntari lr '

in this hernret icisrrrbv bolt ins i t bchind

her in

order

to

l 'ecovel" -rer lecious ker ' .

I t

n'as

onlr ' : r t erght o'clock in the

nrorning

rlre nc\t Lhv

rh. lt

\he

lret the

concierge;

as

I 'rc

u. it lrdres' l ' r iskev

ironi

the cloor

he

glve

her the kev to t l-re

nrvster\r.The caretaker\ passkev -r lclno

qroove.

\ \ 'a\

thinner.

anil in cluire

thc

clrrssicallr irnncl

hricl onlv

one

Lrit .

Thc

corrcierge,

anr- l

re alt>ne, oulcl

bolt or '

unbolt the c-lool

as

he pie:rscd.

v

inscrt ing his kev irr

.r

horizorrtrr l posit ion

btrt

thcn u. ithclras' ine his ker. ' . rs

one

clocs in P;r lr i . renr,r ininq

snttg

ort thc

sit le

u'here his loclge lr 'as. Atter

that

lct ion. hos'ever,

the

rnhabitants oi the

builcl ing fotrnd thev either

cr>ulcl

ot bolt t l . recloor

(dr-rr ing he

t lar ') .

or

\ \ 'ele

obl iqec l

to

bol t

i t

f lo r r r e ight

o 'c lock : r t n ight

unr i l

c iqhr

o 'c lock i r r the

l ( r


11/15

' f

H F -

] E R L I \ ]

K E Y

nlor-ninq). ln

[Jerl in.

his stcel

kev pertbrnrs

rtrechrrnic;r] lr- the

:rt t te i t r tct i t tn

rs

is peliorured

elcctronicl l lv

in P:rr isbv t l . re

dool 'cocles.

()nr

lrc[ :rcologist,

sonics'hrrt

versed

in socioloqr,

n'rs clt t i te clel ightecl

bv

rhc

s';n' in

*'hich the

l)russi:rn

Locksnrit l ' r

obliged

ri l l the

inl.r :rbitants

f IJerl in

t6 conf?rrni

to

:r str ict

collect ive

cliscipl inc.

rt tcl

r ' : , ts lrc:rc- lvrepalir tg

to

rr t ' i tc

iul ; rr t ic le lrrthcr rn t l-rcsn'1eoi Fotrclr .r l to1) the

sut-r- jcct,

'hett

l ' rcr coller iqtre

f i 'orrr

rhe JJ

-r-çcl.ç/r,r / i

t ' r t t r tnt t

ook

t l 'onr his

çrocket

rr

I ler ' l i r t kcv

t l 'oni s 'hich

he f ird c.rretr,r l lv

l lcc] .nvrn'

l ie

qroor-es

His

kev h:rr l becott te

a p.tsskev

inri l : ir

in cvelr '

: isf icct

to thrrt

oi thc concierqc.

Irtst t ' lc l oi beir lg

obliged

to

lock the

rlool bchirrr- l

i inr.

l ' re coulcl cit l ier

lcrn'e

t l . re cloor opetr

lbr

his nights'alkir tq

r . is i tors . l

bo l t

i t t lu r r r rq

he c l .n ' in the

t : rceo i in tn tde ls .

thus: t t r t ru l l inq

he

colcierge's

trnlockirtq.

... Mrrstet'

oi l ' r is ciest ir l \ .

hc esc; lpeci

l ' re

I)t ' l - tssi: t t l

Locksuiith

orrcc

rgrr in.

lJerl in

s'rrs

clccidec' l lr

he

.rnrbir ' : r letrt

in' svnrbolisecl

bv r l ic

ckrubhng

oi the

bi ts r r r rc l

hcn thc i l

prec l t rs ion

. .

I i r l -c c : r l1hc 'sc l ip t ' r rT - . t

lcv iee

ts 'p t1rq; . , ,1r

f ; rc t io t r ' (Aknch

1992) .

n 'h . r t

is tht ' proqrrtnrtrrcoi; ict iolt oi st tch e kcr '?

Plcase

bolt the c' lool behir ld votr

clt f

i lg t l ' rc

niqht . tud

nevcl i lur ing

t l-re cl:ni

I t r to n'h;rt

r l lr l tcr ial

is this

Fptt rc

I

lJcr l incr-

t t . t : tc t '

cr

î

During he day

During he

nighl

Ê

c<

Te

I

Ll

Stop

prevents

f*ii:'i

F i l ' r i i r

. X L , ' . k

t t t . . l t . t t t t . t t t

l 1


12/15

I ] I \ U N ( )

L . {

( ) U I {

proql ' ;urtnre rrrnsl.r tcr l?nto

Nolcls.

Oi coursc.

All l . r |Cc cit ics. r l l

t loups

ei. 'e-

o\\ 'ncrs. :r l l Lrniorr l lc\ \ 'sprpcrs. :r l l concielge's

loclges. rrc t ir l l oi cort tpl: t i t t ts.

l lot icc\. recr- inr inlr trons rnrl gro. lns lrbor.rt he cloors.

the i. rct thltr

thc'r ' rrrc

irrrpossiblc o

lock

:rncl

nrl-rossrbleo o1.g11.Jur r i ir

\ \ ' . r \

.r

r lr . rc\ t lortoi

u'ot 'cls.

or not iccs .o l hon ' ls o i 'Lock th t ' t loor l 'o l

p l . rc l rc ls . c

uot t lc l n terch 'be i t r

thc nolkl oi srqns. I i u'e uere st i l l l iv ing in the blcssed r lrn's in u'hich

concielgcs kept

s' ;r tch night

rurt ' l

d.rv so rrs to ptr l l the cloor-cot ' t l

onlv

for

thosc thev

]r:rcl

;rrct ir l lv cx:rnrinct l.

n'e n'oult l Lre nrnrcrsct ' l

t t

soci:r l

el. t t iotrs

-

c\ccpt fbr the cloor-ptr l l .

u'c t ir lgof

fh.rf .

\ \ 'h1ch rr l lot 'ecl the

sltve in thc

Iorlgc not

fo

rcvc:r l her unrl ies bv gett ing u1..

Thc r lct t t tnci. t t ions.

prlr tr-

glcrrsing

pelnrit tecl bv these

r-elrrt ionscd t l ic plots oI

r]rorc thiul one

ttovcl.

L lu t nor r

s" i t l i

th is l ]er l in

kev r l ' c t lnc l \ \ 'e . l l ' c nc i thcr . r l togc thc l

in thc

uol lc l

o is iqns nor . r l toqc thcr in the le : r lnro isoc i r r l

re l . r f io r ts .At 'c

'c in thc uor l t l o f

tcc]rnologr'? Of course

\\ 'c rrrc.since hcrc

\\ 'c

i irc conf iont ing

kcr 'holes lrnr l

. t

h;rnclsonre

teel

kev u' i th tccth.

groovcs

.urcl ips.

And oi coursc

\\ 'c

;rre

not.

srnce \ \ 'e :rre cncountelinq knou-lrcls. ptrrrct tr l t l concicrqes.

:urcl obst ir t : t te

che: r ts . o t to soc : rko iour Pr l rss i lnLocks i l r i t i r

A ] l , l e r , c . t l r . t t

c c k

t r r r r ) r t r r l .l r ' r uo r .

u l r v c l t . . ' i t ,

u r t r c r ) 1 .l

l ) l i r { t ' . t t t l t t t c

) l

JCt io l ) . l re c r r l lcc l in t r -p log l ' i ln lnrc \ .The

hief uho u ishcr to

gc t

throuqh the

.1oor' . cl. r 'escnt l l t i \ -csi thc o1.1' tositc

cr. : rrc

Pursull)g

therr . tnt i- ; - l 'oqri lnlncs.

f l 'onr

thc point

oi vies, oi

coursc.

oi our r lccl icrrtccl oncierge.

No one

h;rs

;rcknos' leclged herr conrpetcncc

to

q()

throul-Ih thc

t i 'ont cntr ' : lncc.btrt thev

insist c-rn

oinq

t lrrotrq]r. )clrr-en'

peoplc.

tr ' . r t lespcople.

t : t i l crrr l iers.

loctors.

lcgit inrr i tc sporlscs. r lso

u' ish

to

go

through clr.rr ing

he d.n . tnci believc

thcv

h: r re the nece\ \ i l r \ ' l r . l thor is . l f ion .] re IJcr l in ker ' . he t loor lur t l thc c , 'nc tc r {e

;rrc eng.rgecl

n.r

bit tel

stnrggle f irr-control . rrr t ' l rccess. h.r l l

uc si iv t lr : i t the

soc i : r l

c l : r t ions betueen ter ) r ln ts rnc lo t 'ncr r . or

inh: rb i t : rn ts .urc l h tc lcs . , r r

inh; rb i r r rn ts

rnc l

le l iver r 'pcople .or co-o\ \ ' l rc rs .urc l onc ier -ges. . l rc

rec i i l ted

bv

the kcr ' . he lock : rn t l the I ) r -uss i r rn

ocksr r r i th? hc n 'o l i l n rcc l i : r [ ion. .1u i rc

usc t i r l . l rn ; r lso

bcconre. rn : rsv lur . r ' rb l ig r ror .urcc lcpenr l inq

on thc

nrcrn inq

or re

g ivcs

t .

( )ne

pcrson

s i l l

t . rkc

nrcc1r , r t io r r

o

nrc : l l l r t t c r r t t cd i , t r l ' . . lnothcr

t )

rrelrn

tt i I r / i , t fol ' .

I i

thc

kev is :rn intelnrci l i . r lr ' . i t docs l iot l l ing irr

i tsel i e\cept cr lrr \ ' . r i l l ls-

pr r r - t .

h i l t .

incr ln . r rc .c \press .

e i f i ' .ob lec t i f i ' . c f lec t . hc n ic r rn ing

oi the phr . tse ' :

'Lock the door bch ind r -o u r lur ing thc ruqht . r rnc lnevcr r lur inq t ] re r l . t r ",or .

nrorc poht icrr l lr ' :

Let

u\

sett lc

r l ie cl lss

stnrqglc betu'een o\\ ' r ' rcrs

trt l tcnrtnts.

r ic l r

pceplç ; r r rc i h ier -es .

ight -s - inq IJer l incrsent l lc t t -u i r rg

13er l i r rers . 'i i ve

nre

the

socicn' oi lJt ' r l in. r incl I

s ' i l l

tel l vou

hou the' kev

is shrpccll

Tèchrroloqv is nothing nr()re thi l lr cl iscor.rrsc.otrr l lv crplessiL. le

n

ot l icr

uiecl i : r .

lJut thcn.

rrhv

t l-r is kcr ' . thcsc

groovcs.

thesc sulre.t l ist ic

kcvholes.rni l t l ' r is

suLr t le nvc ls ion o i the hor izor r t ; r l

s lo t?

I f the

t r : rns i t ion

o

stce l . o br : tss .c r

s'oocl

chlrges

lrothinq. ;r l l tcchnoloqicrr l rrrcdirrtorscount

tbr nothrng.

Thev

:rrc thcrc fbl shorl ' ; to

give

the

ir l lc sonrethinq to chrrt ter rrboLrt.

hc Inlter i. t l

n'or ld

cont l 'onts

us onlv t() scrvc.rs r rrr ir lor"t irr socilr l

elrr t ions it t r l

sottrce

of

l | i


13/15

I H L

I J E I { L I \ I { E Y

( ' t t t c t - t . t l t ) t 1 1 ( ' t l t

i ' t

r o r ' i o l r l . : i ' t . .

( ) l - r ' ( r l t l \ c .

I t

i . r l ' l ' i t r

t t t c . r n i t t g .

i t . . i l t t c t c i ï c i f .

but i t r loer not l i rb l - rc : l t ct .The

.oc ia l

is nr . r t l t -

lseuhelc . . r lu ' rn-slscuhere.

Evcrv th ing

chlnges

i i t l i c n 'or t l

nrcc l i . r t io r l l l s oLr t : r

i t t lc

in orc ler

o r les iq-

nJ tc the

, rc f ion of -

l ) )er i i i l to r \ .T ] rc r r thc nrc : in i l lq

i s

no lonqer

s i r t rp l r

t r . l l l \por tcc ' l v

thc

ntc t l i t rn t

br . r t r r

p . r r t .o l ls t i t r l t c r l .

r r rover l ,

ecre, l t cd. r ( )d i -

f iecl.

n sholt

crprcss. ' . . l rnt l

betr.rvct l .

No. t lrc .rs\ 'nunctr ici l ls lot of ' the kevhole

Jnc l l )e

kev s i th t \ \ 'o

b i t \ c lo

not 'c \pres \

. ' svn ibo lsc ' . ' rc t lec t ' . ' rc i f i ' ' . ' o l r jcc -

t i f i " . ' incr l r r : r t c ' c - l isc ip l inr t r - r '

c l . r r tor rs .

hev

r r r ; rkc

henr .

t ] rcv

l i r r r r r

t l t cnr .T I r r '

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t l r e soc i . r l . he l . r t t e r i t h ob - jec t s .T l r c

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to cn t l

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prevents L ls f l 'o l l l uncle lst . in t l ing

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