Actor–network theory (ANT) is a theoretical and methodological approach to social theory where everything in the social and natural worlds exists in constantly...
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A social network is a social structure consisting of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), networks of dyadic ties, and other...
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and network science, network theory is a part of graph theory. It defines networks as graphs where the vertices or edges possess attributes. Network theory...
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Wajcman (1985). Actor-network theory (ANT) is about a heterogeneous network of humans and even non-humans as equal interrelated actors. It strives for...
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Diffusion of innovations (redirect from Diffusion of innovations theory)
Actor-Network Theory: A Bureaucratic View of Public Service Innovation, Chapter 7, Technological Advancements and the Impact of Actor-Network Theory,...
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these sociologists. SSK has received criticism from theorists of the actor-network theory (ANT) school of science and technology studies. These theorists criticise...
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Social network analysis (SNA) is the process of investigating social structures through the use of networks and graph theory. It characterizes networked structures...
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Madeleine Akrich (category Actor-network theory)
at Mines ParisTech from 2003 to 2013. She is known for developing actor–network theory (ANT) with Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, John Law and others. Akrich's...
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Economic anthropology (section Actor-Network theory)
[citation needed] Michel Callon has spearheaded the movement of applying Actor–network theory approaches to study economic life (notably economic markets). This...
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social construction of technology framework and Callon and Latour's actor-network theory. These have a common feature of criticism of the linear model of...
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dictionary. Dolwick, JS. 2009. The 'Social' and Beyond: Introducing Actor Network Theory, article examining different meanings of the concept 'social'...
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thriller A Screen Actors Guild Award, also known as the Actor Actants, also called "actors", in actor-network theory (a general theory of sociological behaviour)...
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connections between the elements or actors as links (or edges). The field draws on theories and methods including graph theory from mathematics, statistical...
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Outline of anthropology (section Theories)
and postcolonialism Socialization Actor–network theory – theoretical and methodological approach to social theory where everything in the social and...
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outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to critical theory: Critical theory – the examination and critique of society and culture, drawing...
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the sociology of scientific knowledge, and its subtopics include actor-network theory (a branch of the sociology of science and technology) and historical...
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Design studies (section Actor-network theory)
artificial. Latour's concept of actor–network theory (ANT) portrays the social as an interdependent network of human individual actors and non-human, non-individual...
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John Law (sociologist) (category Actor-network theory)
term Actor-Network Theory (ANT) in 1992 when synthesising work done with colleagues at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation. Actor-network theory, sometimes...
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interviewed on SSK Strong Programme in Sociology of Knowledge and Actor-Network Theory: The Debate within Science Studies (includes questions posed to David...
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French medical establishment as a case study for an early version of actor-network theory, arguing the adoptions of Pasteur's discoveries were contingent on...
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The Thing in Thing Theory is conceptually like Jacques Lacan's Real; Felluga states that it is influenced by Actor-network theory and the work of Bruno...
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opinion has been interpreted[by whom?] as an early expression of actor–network theory. A document can be structured, like tabular documents, lists, forms...
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Social construction of technology Actor-network theory Normalization process theory Theories of technology The general theory of crime refers to the proposition...
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Social objects (category Network theory)
Actor-network theory has developed this concept as the object around which social networks form. This version was applied to social media networks by...
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Sociomateriality (category Organizational theory)
adopted the focus on relations from Bruno Latour's and John Law's actor-network theory (ANT) and further opposes the Kantian dualism of subject and object...
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its roots to the Shinto religion, and also in DIY culture where Actor–network theory and non-human agencies have been labeled as techno-animist practices...
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Cyborg anthropology (category Actor-network theory)
by material and technological conditions. Actor-network theory (ANT), proposed by Bruno Latour, is a theory that helps scholars understand how these elements...
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Translation (sociology) (category Actor-network theory)
In actor-network theory (ANT), translation is the process that allows a network to be represented by a single entity, which can in itself be an individual...
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Practice theory (or praxeology, theory of social practices) is a body of social theory within anthropology and sociology that explains society and culture...
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Organizational space Actor network theory Critical theory Contingency theory Imprinting (organizational theory) Internalization theory Institutional theory Modernization...
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