Reassembling Actor-Network Theory as a theoretically multiple tool for empirical enquiry
dc.contributor.author | Edwards, Sarah | |
dc.coverage.spatial | University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-01T03:12:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | Since its emergence in the 1980s, Actor-Network Theory has been adopted as a mode of enquiry across the social sciences, including cultural geography. Over time, two apparently separate strands have developed in the ANT literature: research that uses the tools of “early” network analysis; and “post” ANT forms of empirical philosophy. Rather than approach this division between “early” and “post” ANT as a binary choice to be made at the outset of research, I will argue that it is a settlement to be disrupted. Drawing on a study of the development of Genetically Modified Organisms in New Zealand, I will outline the trajectory of my research and consider how it evolved through a series of theoretical and empirical interactions. In doing so, I will demonstrate the benefits of embracing hybrid forms of ANT, thereby positioning it as a theoretically multiple tool for empirical enquiry. | |
dc.format.extent | pp.38-38 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10182/10277 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | New Zealand Geographical Society and the Institute of Australian Geographers | |
dc.relation | The original publication is available from New Zealand Geographical Society and the Institute of Australian Geographers - https://nzgsconference2018.org/abstract-handbook/ | |
dc.relation.isPartOf | NZGS/IAG Conference 2018: Book of abstracts | |
dc.source | NZGS/IAG Conference 2018: Creative Conversations, Constructive Connections | |
dc.subject | Actor-Network Theory | |
dc.subject | methodology | |
dc.subject | reflexivity | |
dc.subject | performativity | |
dc.subject | multiplicity | |
dc.title | Reassembling Actor-Network Theory as a theoretically multiple tool for empirical enquiry | |
dc.type | Conference Contribution - published | |
lu.contributor.unit | Lincoln University | |
lu.contributor.unit | Faculty of Environment, Society and Design | |
lu.contributor.unit | Department of Environmental Management | |
lu.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-8668-7602 | |
lu.subtype | Conference Abstract | |
pubs.finish-date | 2018-07-14 | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.publisher-url | https://nzgsconference2018.org/abstract-handbook/ | |
pubs.start-date | 2018-07-11 |