in The Pasteurization of France, Latour notes that the eponymous pasteurization "did not come about because Pasteur lay one single order on others who are passive. Latour turns each and everyone involved in this change into an active entity"(Mol 62-3, in footnote)
the event relies on an "association" (emphasis in Mol, who describes this as Latour's "theoretical term")
64: "Latour talks about chains of associations"
"'science' doesn't have the power to impose itself. If it spreads this is because there are actors outside the laboratory who associate themselves with it. And they may pick through what is on offer and take bits and pieces"