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Wildlife tourism, science and actor network theory [PDF]

, 2009
Wildlife tourism is an important component of tourism worldwide. However, for many species little is known about the possible impacts from tourist-wildlife interactions.
Moore, S.A., Newsome, D., Rodger, K.
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Towards practice-based studies of HRM: an actor-network and communities of practice informed approach [PDF]

, 2010
HRM may have become co-terminus with the new managerialism in the rhetorical orthodoxies of the HRM textbooks and other platforms for its professional claims.
Burrell G., Callon M., Czarniawska B., Czarniawska B., Dalton M., David Vickers, Ellis C., Foucault M., Foucault M., Fox A., Garfinkel H., Hammersley M., Hughes J., Hutchins E., Jackall R., Junker B.H., Latour B., Latour B., Latour B., Lave J., Law J., Law J., Law J., Moser I., Orr J.E., Orr J.E., Stephen Fox, Townley B., Vickers D., Watson T.J., Wenger E.   +30 more
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Machines and machinations: The integrated care record service in the UK national health service [PDF]

, 2005
This paper examines the use of Actor Network Theory (ANT) as a lens to get a better understanding of the implementation of the Integrated Care Record Service (ICRS) in the UK National Health Service (NHS).
Atkinson, C, Gandecha, R, Papazafeiropoulou, A, Stergioulas, L   +3 more
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Informaatiokäytäntöjen tutkimuksen teoreettisia ja metodologisia mahdollisuuksia

Informaatiotutkimus, 2019
In this article I ponder how the actor-network theory and the practice-based studies can be applied in information practices research. The history of the actor-network theory goes back to the 1970s and 1980s and is linked to sociology as well as science ...
Jaakko Louhivuori
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Narrating the Natural History Unit: institutional orderings and spatial strategies [PDF]

, 2000
This paper develops a conceptualisation of institutional geographies through participation observation and interviews in the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU), and the approach of actor network theory.
Davies, G
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Misalignment of interest: An actor-network analysis of a government budgeting practice

Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives, 2021
Research aim: This paper aims at finding an explanation as to why a government budget operates as a ritual, as has been observed in the Sri Lankan Government budgeting practice and many Less Developed Country (LDC) accounting studies. Design/ Methodology/
Chandrasiri Abeysinghe
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Semantic portals from sociothecnical perspective of the actor-network theory

Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação, 2023
Semantic portals, such as socio-technical artifacts, involve different actors that are aligned to offer communication and information search services more quickly and accurately.
Josefina Aparecida Soares Guedes, Rita de Cássia Fonseca, Faimara do Rocio Strauhs   +2 more
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Restoring balance : how history tilts the scales against privacy : an actor-network theory investigation. [PDF]

, 2009
In this paper we problematize the metaphor of balance employed in the area of information privacy. Using Actor-Network Theory we conduct an historical investigation into the continuous release of the same personal data over the course of eight decades ...
Bonner, Bill, Chiasson, Mike, Gopal, Abhijit   +2 more
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Médialab stories: How to align actor network theory and digital methods

Big Data & Society, 2018
The history of laboratories may become controversial in social sciences. In this paper, the story of Sciences Po Médialab told by Venturini et al.
Dominique Boullier
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Actor-Network Theory and its role in understanding the implementation of information technology developments in healthcare

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2010
Background Actor-Network Theory (ANT) is an increasingly influential, but still deeply contested, approach to understand humans and their interactions with inanimate objects.
Sheikh Aziz, Worth Allison, Cresswell Kathrin M   +2 more
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