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1、WilltheRealBodyPleaseStandUp?AllucquèreRosanneStoneThisessaywasfirstpublishedintheanthologyCyberspace:FirstSteps,ed.MichaelBenedikt(Cambridge:MITPress,1991):81-118.Itisusedherewiththepermissionoftheauthor.------------------------------------------------------------------------TheMachinesAreRes
2、tlessTonightAfterDonnaHaraway's"PromisesofMonsters"andBrunoLatour'spapersonactornetworksandartifactsthatspeak,Ifindithardtothinkofanyartifactasbeingdevoidofagency.Accordingly,whenthedryerbeginstobeepcomplaininglyfromthelaundryroomwhileIamatdinnerwithfriends,weraiseeyebrowsateachotherandsaysimu
3、ltaneously,"Themachinesarerestlesstonight..."It'snotthephrase,Idon'tthink,thatIfindintriguing.EvenafterHaraway1991andLatour1988,thephraseishardtoappreciateinanintuitiveway.It'stheellipsisInotice.Youcanhearthosethreedots.Whatcomesafterthem?Thefactthatthephrase--obviouslyasendupofavaguelyanthrop
4、ologicalchestnut--seemsfunnytous,alreadysaysagreatdealaboutthewaywethinkofourcomplexandfrequentlyuneasyimbricationswiththeunliving.I,forone,spendmoretimeinteractingwithSaint-JohnPerse,myaffectionatenameformyMacintoshcomputer,thanIdowithmyfriends.Iappreciateitsfoibles,anditgripestomeaboutmine.T
5、hatsomeonecomesintotheroomandremindsmethatPerseismerelya"passagepoint"fortheworkpracticesofacircleofmyfriendsoverinSiliconValleychangesmysenseoffacingavaguebutpalpablesentiencesquattingonmydesknotonewhit.ThepeopleIstudyaredeeplyimbricatedinacomplexsocialnetworkmediatedbylittletechnologiestowhi
6、chtheyhavedelegatedsignificantamountsoftheirtimeandagency,nottomentiontheirhumor.Isaytomyself:WhoamIstudying?Agroupofpeople?Theirmachines?Agroupofpeopleandorintheirmachines?Orsomethingelse?WhenIstudythesegroups,Itrytopayattentiontoalloftheirinteractions.AndassoonasIallowmyselftoseethatmostofth
7、einteractionsofthepeopleIamstudyinginvolvevaguebutpalpablesentiencessquattingontheirdesks,IhavetostartthinkingaboutwatchingthemachinesjustasattentivelyasIwatchthepeople,because,forthem,themachinesarenotmerelypassagepoints.Harawayandothe
