Actor-network theory and anthropology after science, technology, and society.  

Oleh:

Oppenheim, Robert

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Theory vol. 07 no. 04 (Dec. 2007), page 471.
Topik: actor-network theory (ANT) ; Bruno Latour ; John Law ; science; technology and society (STS) ; space and place ; spatiality
Fulltext: 471.pdf (188.85KB)

Isi artikel

This essay makes a case for the value of actor-network theory (ANT) to anthropology beyond its most usual deployment in studies of science, technology, and society (STS). Through a review of two recent ANT works against both the longer-term development of the approach and common patterns of anthropological appropriation and critique over the past several years, it argues that ‘about-ANT’ and ‘across-ANT’ understandings that emphasize an applicability to technoscience or situations of hybridity should give way to ‘among-ANT’ readings that highlight its quality as a domain-independent ontology of association. Most centrally, it offers a reading of the constitutive spatialities of ANT itself and of spatiality as an important ANT concern, with the suggestion that a greater appreciation for this dimension of the literature might form the basis of broader and more varied anthropological engagements.

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