Combinations, Contradictions, And Cross Fertilization in Actor Network Theory and Assemblage Thinking

Authors

  • Sonu Garg Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, India Author

Keywords:

Assemblage, Actor-Network Theory, Cross-Fertilization, Fertilization, Socio-Material

Abstract

This paper shows that assembling  thought as well as actor-network theory (ANT) have such  a great deal in common than the debate suggests. It  proposes three cross-fertilizations depending on  intersections as well as disjunctions among the two  techniques, with implications for comprehending three  key socio-material processes: stability, transformation, as  well as affect. To begin with, ANT's conceptual language  may aid assemblage thinking by offering a spatial  account of how aggregates are brought collectively,  extended over space, and stabilize. Secondly, each  technique is better adapted to thinking about a certain  type of variation in socio-material interactions: ANT  depicts change without rupture (fluidity), whereas  assemblage thinking depicts change with rupture (events).  Finally, assemblages thought has the ability to instil in  ANT a greater understanding of affect's generative role in  the construction of socio-material links through the  establishment of desire/wish. We demonstrate the  implications of this cross-fertilization for empirical  studies through a case study of the global market for  assisted reproduction. 

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Published

2021-05-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021): International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer Science and Technology (May) 2021

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Combinations, Contradictions, And Cross Fertilization in Actor Network Theory and Assemblage Thinking. (2021). International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer Science & Technology, 9(3), 95–98. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijircst/article/view/10393