actor-network theory
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Actor-network theory is a sociological and philosophical framework that analyzes how human and non-human entities form networks that collectively produce social reality.
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| instanceOf |
philosophical framework
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science and technology studies theory ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociological theory ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
ANT
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actor–network theory ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
education research
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environmental studies ⓘ healthcare studies ⓘ management studies ⓘ technology studies ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
actant
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actor ⓘ black box ⓘ enrolment ⓘ generalized symmetry ⓘ heterogeneous engineering ⓘ inscription ⓘ mediation ⓘ network ⓘ obligatory passage point ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
complex terminology
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insufficient attention to power and inequality ⓘ neglect of macro-structures ⓘ relativism ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Bruno Latour
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John Law NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Callon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
anthropology
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philosophy of science ⓘ science and technology studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Laboratory Life
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Reassembling the Social NERFINISHED ⓘ Science in Action NERFINISHED ⓘ Some Elements of a Sociology of Translation NERFINISHED ⓘ We Have Never Been Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| influenced |
design studies
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geography ⓘ information systems research ⓘ new materialism ⓘ organizational studies ⓘ posthumanism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French sociology of science
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ethnomethodology ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ semiotics ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach |
empirical case studies
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follow the actors ⓘ |
| theoreticalClaim |
agency is distributed across human and non-human entities
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explanations should trace associations between heterogeneous elements ⓘ social reality is produced by networks of human and non-human actants ⓘ the social and the technical are inseparable ⓘ |
| treatsAsActors |
humans
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institutions ⓘ non-human entities ⓘ objects ⓘ organizations ⓘ technologies ⓘ |
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