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

@article{ANT Anthropology STS, abstract = {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. 10.1177/1463499607083430}, author = {Oppenheim, Robert}, citeulike-article-id = {1885110}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463499607083430}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ant.sagepub.com/content/7/4/471.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://ant.sagepub.com/content/7/4/471.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://ant.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/4/471}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1463499607083430}, journal = {Anthropological Theory}, keywords = {actor-network\_theory, anthropology, sts}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {471--493}, posted-at = {2009-10-27 21:30:05}, priority = {3}, title = {Actor-network theory and anthropology after science, technology, and society}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463499607083430}, volume = {7}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - ANT Anthropology STS L3 - citeulike-article-id:1885110 N2 - 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. 10.1177/1463499607083430 IS - 4 JF - Anthropological Theory EP - 493 TI - Actor-network theory and anthropology after science, technology, and society VL - 7 SP - 471 KW - actor-network_theory KW - anthropology KW - sts AU - Oppenheim, Robert PY - 2007/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463499607083430 ER -