Assemblage thinking and actor-network theory: conjunctions, disjunctions, cross-fertilisations

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 217-229

  Müller, Martin ^a,b   Schurr, Carolin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

actor network theory (ANT); affect; assemblage; Deleuze; desire; Latour

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84962603778     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12117     Document Type: Article

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