Actor-Network Theory and methodology: Just what does it mean to say that nonhumans have agency?

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-149

  Sayes, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory; Bruno Latour; methodology; nonhumans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892872346     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312713511867     Document Type: Article

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