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It is by noting the current success of crime series and the place given to the examination of all objects, especially in relation to investigations that “make the traces speak” that has led us to choose this area to illustrate some⁸ of our explanations, even if this reference to investigations that seek to grasp the concept of trace is not original per se. In his analysis of the difference between indices (clue, index)⁹ and traces, Carlo Ginzburg (1989)¹⁰ gave the example of the sleuth Sherlock Holmes, whose ability to spot the smallest traces left by a culprit has remained famous in the history of literature.

This reference to investigations is all the more relevant today, what with the generalized digitization of society, new forms of surveillance being introduced, possibilities of controlling what is said or done in communication situations, the breaking down of barriers between the public and private spheres, and direct or indirect dependency on decisions taken, on the basis of work carried out on computerized sorting systems¹¹ by using algorithms that transform them into data¹². Hence, the importance of questioning the concept of conséquence-trace¹³ in this development.