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Actor Network Theory (ANT)

2019
Actor network theory (ANT) or the “sociology of translation,” is introduced, being a systematic way to explain the mechanics and dynamics of relational interactions, within networks. The unique ontology of ANT equates human and non-human systems thereby conferring the MOU social partnership agreement with the status of an actor. The text within the MOU
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Assembling Interdisciplinary Energy Research through an Actor Network Theory (ANT) frame

Energy Research & Social Science, 2016
Much has been achieved over the last decade to highlight the need for energy research to look beyond the technical dimensions of energy systems to include the social elements of energy consumption and production. Inter-disciplinary research in this area has thus been growing.
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Analyzing Internet-related Social Work Opportunities of an Approach inspired by Actor-Network Theory (ANT)

AHFE International, 2022
The number of areas of society that are being digitised continues to increase and so Internet offers are becoming increasingly important. This development also affects social work, whose specialists meanwhile see a trend to expand the internet-related offerings. This has been further strengthened in germany by the lockdowns since March 2020.
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Ability of the Actor Network Theory (ANT) to Model and Interpret an Electronic Market

2004
The nature of information systems is often complex and involves both human and nonhuman components. This is particularly true in an electronic market. Actor Network Theory (ANT) can be used in general to describe the actors, intermediaries, framing and power that are the most important components of such an electronic market, which we call a network ...
Murat Baygeldi, Steve Smithson
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Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) as an analytic tool in order to effect superior PACS implementation

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2007
Currently, one of the major challenges facing healthcare organisations globally is to judiciously apply new technologies and intelligently re-design antiquated processes and structures so that the application of these new technologies will be optimal. In so doing, it is believed that healthcare organisations will then be better positioned to offer cost
Wickramasinghe, Nilmini   +3 more
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Theorizing Team Process Through Actor-Network-Theory (ANT): Communication Practice as a Theory in Action

2013
Actor-network-theory (ANT) is one of three key social learning theories that has recently been mobilized to explore work-based learning in medical education. Such theories suggest that context is all important to learning and that identities of practitioners are constituted by context.
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Application of Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to Depict the Use of NRENs at Higher Education Institutions

2021
Polarized views on the development of numerous satellite campuses in higher education have made it even harder to improve educational quality and research output in higher learning institutions. While the decision to use information and communication technology (ICT) related projects may seem pedagogically sound, short of resources such as libraries ...
Zelalem Assefa, Bankole Felix
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A Critical Review of Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and Its Use in Education Research

2020
This chapter, which expands on a previous publication, presents a critique of actor-network theory as a sociomaterial concept. Furthermore, the author problematizes the relative under-application of this “sensibility” in education research, while simultaneously exploring its contribution as an analytical framework through its central concepts of “actor-
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An actor-network theory (ANT) approach: analysis of Turkish e-government gateway initiative

2009
There are various models proposed in the literature to analyze trajectories of e-Government projects in terms of success and failure. Yet, only the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) perspective (Heeks and Stanforth, 2007) considers the interaction factors among network actors and actants. This paper proposes the ANT for approaching to the Turkish e-Government
Aykaç, Didem Selcen Öztürkcan   +3 more
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The formation of an environmental education network in southern Thailand: an Actor-Network Theory (ANT) analysis

2023
Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Education, Outdoor and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Education, La Trobe University, Bundoora.
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