Gießmann, Sebastian2019-06-052019-06-052017https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/4551The following article discusses the combination of graphical methods and network thought in early sociology. It combines a case study of Jacob Levy Moreno’s sociometric work and diagrammatic practice with media-theoretical thoughts about the characteristics of network diagrams. These are under­stood as inscriptions that perform both an act of drawing and writing at the same time. Moreno’s mappings, as well as other early visual techniques of social research, are understood along Michel Serres’ understanding of the network diagram as a topological narration. Seen from the vantage point of a history of knowledge, Moreno’s sociometric and performative practices can not only be understood as a contribution to social network thought, but as actual research on the cooperative character of human interaction.engCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 GenericSociometrysocial networkDia­grammaticsVisual SociologyHistory of KnowledgeHistory of Social ResearchSoziometrieSoziales NetzwerkDiagrammatikWissenschaftsgeschichteVisuelle Soziologie301Jacob Levy Moreno10.25969/mediarep/3794nbn:de:hbz:467-12477