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jonathanmc

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  1. Unfortunately, I think that University of Oregon would be a bad place to carry out any study of Latour. Judging by what I've seen via syllabi and publications from the faculty, the department is VERY Marxist, which isn't so great for anyone looking to do anything with ANT. I have been reading John Bellamy Foster's book Marx's Ecology recently, and while I haven't finished it, I think it opens up a backdoor to a Marxism which mirrors that of ANT. But yes, from what I've seen, most of the ANTs out there focus on science and technology studies or finance (Callon, for example). If anyone knows about any environmental sociology/anthropology/etc. programs in the US or Canada that has ANTs working there, please post it.
  2. You will be fine applying to grad programs this year. I had a professor who had an MA in psychology and then went on to do a PhD in Anthropology from a top school in Europe.
  3. It's definitely not the case that economic sociology is just the sociology of work! There is a whole branch of sociology that attempts to understand the economy in terms of networks via the influence of both human and non-human actors, which would suit someone with an econ background quite well. Looking at trade in terms of a network of actors, and the effects of this network on crime, inequality, etc, would certainly be within the realm of The New Economic Sociology, and it seems like you're on the right path to some very interesting research! It borders somewhere between economic sociology and anthropology, and either an anthropology or a sociology department would be able to meet your needs. If you're interested in reading further, read Mark Granovetter's "Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness."
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