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John Law
Researcher at Open University
Publications - 192
Citations - 29181
John Law is an academic researcher from Open University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Technoscience & Actor–network theory. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 188 publications receiving 27501 citations. Previous affiliations of John Law include Sámi University College & Keele University.
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Notes on the theory of the actor-network: ordering, strategy and heterogeneity.
TL;DR: The actor-network theory as discussed by the authors is a body of theoretical and empirical writing which treats social relations, including power and organization, as network effects and argues that society and organization would not exist if they were simply social.
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Actor-network theory and material semiotics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development of actor-network theory and feminist material semiotics by exploring case studies within Science and Technology Studies (STS), and note that STS develops its theoretical approaches through empirical case studies, and unless this is understood it is difficult to understand the significance of 'actor network theory' or any other STS theory or approach.
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Shaping technology, building society : studies in sociotechnical change
Wiebe E. Bijker,John Law +1 more
TL;DR: Bijker and Law as discussed by the authors carried forward the project of creating a theory of technological development and implementation that is strongly grounded in both sociology and history, addressing the central question of how technologies become stabilized, how they attain a final form and use that is generally accepted.
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After Ant: Complexity, Naming and Topology:
TL;DR: The authors explored the tension central to the notion of an actor-network, which is an intentionally oxymoronic term that combines structure and agency, and argued that this tension has been lost as "actor-network" has been converted into a smooth and consistent "theory" that has been (too) simply and easily displaced, criticised or applied.