Actor-Network Theory

Resources

• ISCID Encyclopedia of Science and Philosophy
• Lancaster University online publications

Readings

• Thea Bauriedl (Psychoanalysis: Interpersonal Relations)
  • Baudriedl profile (Wikipedia)
  • On Guilt, Grief, Responsibility and Mythology -- A Psychoanalyst's View of the Nuclear Guardianship Project (1991) (mirror) (mirror)
• Wiebe Bijker
  • boundary objects
• Brey (1997) Philosophy of Technology Meets Social Constructivism
• Michel Callon
• Cordella and Shaikh (2006) From Epistemology to Ontology: Challenging the Constructed "truth" of ANT pdf
• Couldry (2003) Actor Network Theory and the Media: Do they connect and on what terms? pdf
• Ferro (1994) America's Colonial Press How Ben Franklin Used His Newspaper-- The Pennsylvania Gazette-- to 'Popularize' An Evolving Science
• Frohmann (1997) Taking Information Policy Beyond Information Science: Applying the Actor Network Theory Gasson (2006) A genealogical study of boundary-spanning IS design (presents the design of a business-aligned information system (IS) from an actor-network perspective)
• Hanseth and Monteiro Socio-technical webs and actor network theory
• Holtorf Actant-networks
• Hug (1997) Can "computer shocks" activate democracy? /a> (Summary by Robert Keel)
• Kling, McKim and King (2001) A Bit More To IT: Scholarly Communication Forums as Socio-Technical Interaction Networks
• Bruno Latour
  • Latour profile (Wikipedia)
  • Latour profile (Henry Lowood and Sarah Sussman)
  • Latour profile (Ted Powell)
  • Latour profile (Jim Proctor)
  • Latour Web Page Richard Veryard
  • Latour Bibliography (Stanford)
  • Latour (1997) A few clarifications
  • Stalder (1997) Latour and Actor-Network Theory
  • Pasteurization of France
    • 1988 book announcement (Amazon.com)
  • Aramis: or the love of technology (1996)
    • review (by Richard Veryard)
    • precis (Advanced Transit Assn)
  • Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion and Art
    • book announcement (MIT Press)
    • What is Iconoclash ?
  • Pandora's Hope (1999)
    • review by Felix Stalder mirror
  • Science in Action : How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society (1998)
    • book announcement (Amazon)
    • review (by Eric Nehrlich)
    • Stern (1998) Rhetoric, Narrative and Argument in Bruno Latour's Science in Action pdf
  • We Have Never Been Modern
  • Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time (Studies in Literature and Science) (1995 book announcement)
  • Latour War of the worlds - What about peace? precis precis
  • Latour interview by Geert Lovink (1997)
• John Law
  • John Law Home Page (Lancaster University)
• Lemke (1998) Material Sign Processes and Emergent Ecosocial Organization
• Lenoir (1994) The Semiotic Turn and A.J. Greimas: Was That Last Turn A Right Turn?
• Martin (1998) Geographic Information Systems: Some useful concepts from ANT
• McBride (2000) Using Actor-Network Theory to Predict the Organizational Success of a Communications Network
• Miettinen (1997) The Concept of Activity in the Analysis of Hetereogenuous Networks in Innovation Process
• Monteiro (1998) Actor-Network Theory and Information Infrastructure
• Nardi, Whittaker, and Schwarz (2000) It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know: Work in the Information Age
• Nardi (2000) Work in the Information Age mirror followup
• Stalder (1998) From Figure / Ground to Actor-Networks: McLuhan and Latour
• Stalder (1997) Actor-Network-Theory and Communication Networks: Toward Convergence
• Van House (2000) Actor-Network Theory, Knowledge Work, and Digital Libraries

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