Actor network theory (ANT), also known as enrolment theory or the sociology of translation, emerged during the mid-1980s, primarily with the work of Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law. ANT is a conceptual frame for exploring collective sociotechnical processes, whose spokespersons have paid particular attention to science and technologic activity. Stemming from a Science and Technologies...

Healthcare is the biggest service industry on the globe. Sadly, it has yet to realize the full potential of e-health, which is in stark contrast to other e-business initiatives such as e-government and e-education, e-finance, or e-commerce. However, as all OECD countries grapple with key challenges which are impacting the delivery of cost effective quality healthcare, all are agreed that e-heal...

Actor network theory (ANT), also known as enrolment theory or the sociology of translation, emerged during the mid-1980s, primarily with the work of Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law. ANT is a conceptual frame for exploring collective sociotechnical processes, whose spokespersons have paid particular attention to science and technologic activity. Stemming from a Science and Technologies...

Teaching innovative schools of thought call for innovative methods of instruction. This article investigates the challenges associated with teaching Actor-Network Theory (ANT) and proposes a creative pedagogical approach of ‘performing’ ANT in the classroom. This article presents a small case study of an instance where this theatrical method was employed in an undergraduate classroom to teach A...

While Actor Network Theory (ANT) has been successfully adopted to study organizational changes enabled by information technology (IT), Walsham suggests that, in such studies, data easily become highly complex and that it can be difficult for the researcher to make sense of data and structure them into a coherent presentation. This paper reviews the role played by events in structuring and prese...

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 As one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, Palembang has a history related to Musi river. The River divides city into Ilir and Ulu. This river was known as trade route ancient times, so that many Chinese Arab immigrants settled on riverbank. In Ulu, there are several village areas mostly inhabited by residents, which is Assegaf Village. study will specifically discuss village, esp...

This conceptual paper explores the implementation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives in schools from perspective Actor-Network Theory (ANT). The article commences by examining significance technological innovation educational realm, specifically highlighting transformative nature BYOD initiatives. Subsequently, it delves into theoretical underpinnings ANT and its suitability for compre...

Abstract. This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges of integrating science technology studies (STS), especially variant based on actor–network theory (ANT), into fields human geography with a critical research tradition. Drawing experiences political ecology empirical carbon markets, it uses example reducing emissions from deforestation forest degradation (REDD+) to show how turn to...

In this paper we propose a radical departure from the dominant conceptions in IS evaluation literature by adopting Actor-network Theory (ANT) to provide a better understanding of the development and evaluation of IS proposals in practice and examine the ways in which the evaluation process shapes and ensures the selection of the best IS projects. By drawing on a field study of the IS evaluation...