Abstract
The article suggests a re-interpretation of the concept "dispositif" (often translated into English as "apparatus") in the perspective of a historical pragmatics. After evoking the difficulties of translation and their consequences, the author discusses the ways in which Michel Foucault and Jean-Louis Budry have each conceptualised the dispositif. He then proposes to use the concept as a heuristic tool for the analysis of media, as it allows to focus on the uses of media technologies, rather than on media specificity, and to take into account their historicity.
| Original language | French |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15-32 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Recherches sémitoiques / Semiotic Inquiry |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1-2-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |