Autori
Barbera, Filippo
Minervini, Dario

Titolo
Introduction to the Symposium
Periodico
Sociologica
Anno: 2012 - Volume: 17 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 0

Actor-Network Theory (ANT) is not a novelty any more. From the generalized symmetrybetween human and non-human actants, to the flat ontology, getting through the collapseof the sociological "great divide" between micro and macro, ANT has introduced a relevantinnovation in social sciences, both in terms of new vocabulary and fresh theoretical perspective.After thirty years of researches and scientific debate, the main heuristic aim of the ANT scholarsstill remains the same: to trace and reconstruct how complexities and socio-technical phenomenaare performed. Nowadays the ANT sensibility and analytical principles are adopted not only insub-disciplines of social sciences as environmental sociology, organization studies or education,but also in other fields as Information Systems or Geography.This symposium presents a partial attempt to illustrate some recent uses of ANT's principlesoutside the customary boundaries of science and technology studies. The six articles could besubdivided in three categories: 1) methodological tools for doing empirical research with ANT;2) theoretical hybridization of ANT with other approaches; 3) applications in the field of newmarkets and education policy analysis.



SICI: 1971-8853(2012)17:3<0:ITTS>2.0.ZU;2-X
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