TY - MGZN KW - Animal language myth KW - animism KW - Anthropological myths KW - Innovation culture KW - Socio-cultural anthropology KW - Technical anthropology AU - F. Parise AB - Innovation and technology make humankind’s confrontation with its ancestral enemies possible: ageing and death through genetic selection, self-improvement and even the creation of entities in its image. The socio-cultural anthropology of consumption and technical anthropology thus make it possible to objectify the importance of integrating know-how and knowledge from the social sciences into current issues concerning innovation. The objectification of a reference system can be facilitated by the mobilization of anthropological myths. The concept of industrial animism is part of a dual posture of modernity and traditional renewal. This chapter presents a case study to compare the different variants of the myth of animal language. Myths, seen as the intangible heritage of humanity, make it possible to embed culture in technology, leading to the development of a new technical culture while strengthening and/or creating new links between technical culture and innovation culture. C2 - Science, Technology and Innovation Culture DO - 10.1002/9781119549666.ch8 LA - English N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Science, Technology and Innovation Culture N2 - Innovation and technology make humankind’s confrontation with its ancestral enemies possible: ageing and death through genetic selection, self-improvement and even the creation of entities in its image. The socio-cultural anthropology of consumption and technical anthropology thus make it possible to objectify the importance of integrating know-how and knowledge from the social sciences into current issues concerning innovation. The objectification of a reference system can be facilitated by the mobilization of anthropological myths. The concept of industrial animism is part of a dual posture of modernity and traditional renewal. This chapter presents a case study to compare the different variants of the myth of animal language. Myths, seen as the intangible heritage of humanity, make it possible to embed culture in technology, leading to the development of a new technical culture while strengthening and/or creating new links between technical culture and innovation culture. PB - wiley PY - 2018 SN - 9781119549666 (ISBN); 9781786303271 (ISBN) SP - 139 EP - 159 TI - Cultural anthropology, animism, and industrial innovation processes: The case of the “Animal language” myth UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102154018&doi=10.1002%2f9781119549666.ch8&partnerID=40&md5=6afb5b0e88e116e994fb8181f8467aa8 ER -