Untangling Society with Actor-Network Theory

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Untangling Society with Actor-Network Theory

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@syaifulrochman9927 9 ай бұрын

For a newbie that just started to explore ANT, this video is mind opening, thank you!

@micahfarenik7178 9 ай бұрын

Definitely the best description I have come across on ANT, thank you!

@dohlecarnett1866 7 күн бұрын

Good video. I'm getting into ANT lately after being a sociologist in other fields. Personally, I don't mind the ANT as descriptive. The ant is certainly isn't the first school to say that a good, proper description is better than any explanatory attempt that relies on extra forced upon concepts. In this respect, I think ANT is very compatible with other schools of thought in sociology.

@Sociotube 6 күн бұрын

There's certainly something to be said for humble description over reductive causal propositions

@raihansharif2715 11 ай бұрын

You're doing an awesome job! Please keep it up!

@Sociotube 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@breakingaverage6694 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the exhaustive simplification.

@Sociotube 5 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@tea_wizard 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, this was very helpful

@Sociotube 6 ай бұрын

Great!

@SultanAhmed-gojali 11 ай бұрын

Great. Thanks for sharing. Very helpful

@Sociotube 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@JimmyMcBimmy 6 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation. The ontology of this model reminds me a bit of the way physicists conceptualize their theories (especially the very abstract modern ones). A lot of the more honest theorists will tell you that they don't really know (or even care) about the ontological realism of their theories, but more about their mathematical rigor and predictive power. Particles, for example, are really just a set of values (mass, charge, spin, etc) -- we are not trying to explain WHAT they "really" are, so long as they slot into the theories. But those theories at least make testable predictions. ANT does not seem to do so. Is that right? Do you know of any program of social research where ANT can concretely contribute methodologically? I'm also curious about how this method compares to Luhrmann's Systems Theory? It seems to have some overlap. Is either theory more effective as a predictive tool? Do they clarify research questions at least?

@Sociotube 6 ай бұрын

As a predictive tool, ANT is ineffectual. I believe its primary methodological contribution is to push us to consider new variables in our analysis, or re-conceptualize old ones. For example, a traditional sociological view might suggest that you can understand a man by understanding his relationships with his friends. ANT would say, on the other hand, that it could be equally analytically useful to also consider his relationship with his car, or his cane, and how these things influence him, or fundamentally become part of his lived reality.

@christiandevantier7062 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the videos! If you ever have the time to explain some Barad it would be highly appreciated!

@royaliu8051 Жыл бұрын

very smooth!

@ChrisLi-pc6uk 3 ай бұрын

Nice Video! Thank you for making it.

@Sociotube Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@josb9836 5 ай бұрын

Something you briefly mentioned in a quote is why I’m most interested in theories like ANT. Metaphysics! Perhaps it’s outside if your domain, but do you know the relevance of this or similar theories in the field of metaphysics? On a similar note, ANT seems like it has some similarity to Deleuze’s virtual, and especially his rhizome

@Sociotube 5 ай бұрын

I agree that there is some conceptual overlap with rhizomatics, which is a topic I'd like to make a video on once I finally have the time to get back to this channel. Everything kind of goes back to metaphysics if you dig deep enough, but I'd say this is work is deals with metaphysics in the sense that that it explores the nature of reality, identity, and distinction between the self and the human and nonhuman. The big question for me that is being posed here is where do "things" begin and end?

@makingivan 7 ай бұрын

ANT is not a theory in the sense that it’s readily applied (it is itself still evolving). I agree that it’s more of a lens or method to approach a social phenomenon, which is still not fully understood/developed theoretically. It’s also a powerful analytical device to understand a how the social came into being.