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Richie Nimmo - Actor-Network Theory Research, Övrigt

Övrigt, Engelska, 2016

Actor-Network Theory Research

Av Richie Nimmo

Del i serien Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods

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Actor-Network Theory has grown into one of the most innovative and influential approaches for social science research. Originating in the field of science and technology studies with scholars Michel Callon, Bruno Latour and John Law, it is now used widely across the social sciences and beyond. In this four-volume collection, Richie Nimmo brings together defining research articles on Actor-Network Theory to chart its emergence, development and transformation over time, as well as its application in multiple fields.  This comprehensive major work is organised thematically and features sections on: Part One - Emergence, Development and Transformation:The Sociology of TranslationTechno-Politics and Sociotechnical Relations Reflexivity, Heterogeneity and SymmetryTopology and Post-Social OntologiesMateriality and Ontological PoliticsMethod Assemblages and InscriptionsCritiques and Clarifications Part Two - Translations, Parallels and Mobilisations:Performing Markets, Finance and Economics Arts, Taste and CulturesBodies, Medicine and DisabilitiesHybrid Geographies and Spaces Ecologies, Natures and EnvironmentsAnimal Actants and Multi-Species Assemblages
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Richie Nimmo is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Manchester, where he teaches and researches human–animal relations, posthumanism, and environmental sociology. He edited the SAGE collection Actor-Network Theory Research and is author of Milk, Modernity and the Making of the Human as well as journal articles and book chapters in human–animal studies.

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Actor-Network Theory has been hugely influential across the social sciences and far beyond, and this volume serves as an ideal overview of both its core themes and its many developments and uses. Richie Nimmo has done an admirable job in compiling an excellent mix of classic statements, extended elaborations, critical commentaries, and empirical application.For anyone interested in exploring the promise of Actor-Network Theory ­ whether that be theoretical, methodological or political - Actor-Network Theory Research is an essential resource.

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