For a newbie that just started to explore ANT, this video is mind opening, thank you!
@micahfarenik71789 ай бұрын
Definitely the best description I have come across on ANT, thank you!
@dohlecarnett18667 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.
@Sociotube6 күн бұрын
There's certainly something to be said for humble description over reductive causal propositions
@raihansharif271511 ай бұрын
You're doing an awesome job! Please keep it up!
@Sociotube11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@breakingaverage66945 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the exhaustive simplification.
@Sociotube5 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@tea_wizard6 ай бұрын
Thank you, this was very helpful
@Sociotube6 ай бұрын
Great!
@SultanAhmed-gojali11 ай бұрын
Great. Thanks for sharing. Very helpful
@Sociotube11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@JimmyMcBimmy6 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?
@Sociotube6 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.
@christiandevantier70623 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-pc6uk3 ай бұрын
Nice Video! Thank you for making it.
@SociotubeАй бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@josb98365 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
@Sociotube5 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?
@makingivan7 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.