[1][4] In 1984, Callon published the influential article "Some elements of a sociology of translation", wherein the progressive development of new social relationships is examined through the constitution of supposed scientific knowledge.
The researchers brought three other actors into their study, namely their scientific colleagues, the fishermen of St. Brieuc Bay, and the scallops.
Ideally, interessement achieves enrolment, in which the three researchers define and interrelate the various roles they allocate to the other actors.
[5] Sociological translation is a process, never completely accomplished, which may develop into a power struggle in which a few take center stage while other actors are silenced.
[5] In Callon's article, due to the obligatory passage point all actors end up being represented by the three researchers who act and speak in their name.