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An actor-network theory (ANT) approach: analysis of Turkish e-government gateway initiative

open access: green, 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
Didem Selcen Öztürkcan Aykaç   +3 more
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Misalignment of interest: An actor-network analysis of a government budgeting practice

open access: yesAsian 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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Up the ANTe [PDF]

open access: yesIndustry and Higher Education, 2017
This article explores the role of educators in supporting the development of entrepreneurial leadership learning by creating peer learning networks of owner-managers of small businesses. Using actor-network theory, the authors think through the process of constructing and maintaining a peer learning network (conceived of as an actor-network) and frame ...
Smith, Susan   +2 more
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Research on the Operating Mechanism of E-Commerce Poverty Alleviation in Agricultural Cooperatives: An Actor Network Theory Perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
E-commerce poverty alleviation has become a new wisdom in China’s rural poverty alleviation, but there are a few empirical researches on e-commerce poverty alleviation based on farmer cooperatives.
Na Xu, Chi Xu, Yuanbo Jin, Zhenjie Yu
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Natural hazard mitigation strategies review: Actor–network theory and the eco-based approach understanding in Zimbabwe

open access: yesJàmbá, 2019
This paper presents the literature reviewed on the evolution of the natural hazard mitigation perspective and an overview of its progression to date. The article uses information taken from diverse sources such as a globally accepted scientific databases
Anyway Katanha, Danny Simatele
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The gender of science: reflections on the actor-network theory and the feminist perspective

open access: yesMediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2015
This article discusses some of the principles that guide the descriptive forms of the actor-network theory (ANT) of Bruno Latour and feminist standpoint theory formulated by Sandra Harding and Evelyn Fox Keller, through my research on the "Marie Curie ...
Gabriel Pugliese Cardoso
doaj   +1 more source

Actor-Network methodology in science and technology studies [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات مدیریت کسب و کار هوشمند, 2022
Actor-Network theory (ANT), in social sense, is an approach to sociological analysis in the field of science and technology studies and focuses on understanding how things get to the situations in which they find themselves.
Hamidreza Rostami   +3 more
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Curating actor-network theory: testing object-oriented sociology in the Science Museum

open access: yesMuseum & Society, 2017
Across different traditions of social research, the study of science exhibitions has often taken the form of an ‘object-oriented’ inquiry. In this tradition, actor-network theory (ANT) has focused on how the processes of exhibiting objects mediate ...
Laurie Waller
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Learning in Technology-Enhanced Medical Simulation: Locations and Knowings

open access: yesProfessions and Professionalism, 2015
This qualitative study focuses on how knowings and learning take place in full-scale simulation training of medical and nursing students, by drawing upon actor-network theory (ANT). ANT situates materiality as a part of the social practices.
Song-ee Ahn   +4 more
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