Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together: The Sociology of a Door-Closer

Johnson, Jim

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“…Object-oriented philosophy differs in an important way from the relational tradition (e.g., actor-network theorising by Latour, 1996Latour, , 2005Johnson, 1988), as it does not consider objects as fully defined by their relationships with other objects, but views objects as entities that have a certain autonomy (Harman, 2002(Harman, , 2009, see also Morin, 1994Morin, , 2008. In other words, when compared to relational ontologies (e.g., Latour, 2005;Johnson, 1988), a distinctive feature of the object orientation is that objects are not fully defined by their relationships with other objects, but have a degree of autonomy (Harman, 2002(Harman, , 2009Pierides and Woodman, 2012).…”

Section: Autonomy Of Objectsmentioning

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“…In other words, when compared to relational ontologies (e.g., Latour, 2005;Johnson, 1988), a distinctive feature of the object orientation is that objects are not fully defined by their relationships with other objects, but have a degree of autonomy (Harman, 2002(Harman, , 2009Pierides and Woodman, 2012). Harman (2009, p. 132), one of the key contributors of speculative realism, explains objects and their relations as follows: [...] there are countless actors of different sizes and types, constantly duelling and negotiating with each other.…”

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Organising in the Anthropocene: an ontological outline for ecocentric theorising

Heikkurinen

Rinkinen

Järvensivu

et al. 2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

103

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Highlights¥ The central premises of the ecocentric organisation literature are identified. ¥ Three essential qualities of objects for ecocentric theorising are proposed. ¥ The implications for ecological practice and theory are discussed. ¥ It is concluded that a new ontology is needed in the Anthropocene. AbstractAs a response to anthropogenic ecological problems, a group of organisation scholars have acknowledged the importance of ecocentric theorising that takes materiality and non-human objects seriously. The purpose of this article is to examine the philosophical basis of ecocentric organisation studies and develop an ontological outline for ecocentric theorising in the Anthropocene. The paper identifies the central premises of ecocentric organisations from the previous literature, and complements the theory with a set of ontological qualities common to all objects. The study draws on recent advances in object-oriented and ecological philosophies to present three essential qualities of objects, namely autonomy, uniqueness, and intrinsicality. The paper discusses how these qualities are critical in reclaiming the lost credibility and practical relevance of ! ! 2 ecocentrism in both organisational theory and the sustainability sciences in general. To organise human activities in a sustainable manner in the new geological era, a new ontology is needed that not only includes materiality and non-humans in the analysis, but also leads to an ecologically and ethically broader understanding of ecospheric beings and their relationships.

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Section: Autonomy Of Objectsmentioning

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Organising in the Anthropocene: an ontological outline for ecocentric theorising

Heikkurinen

Rinkinen

Järvensivu

et al. 2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

103

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“…Actants are entities whose actions affect other actors and the entire network of actors [48,52]. Actors can refer to humans but can also refer to non-human existence and power.…”

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Livestock Animal Displacement on Rural Tourism Destinations: Placing Livestock's “Pest” Role in the Background

Guorong

Zhang

2017

Sustainability

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Rural tourism is becoming increasingly embedded in the livestock animal management in rural areas. Drawing on a multi-methods approach, this exploratory research shows how to construct the livestock animal displacement actor-networks. As is found, human actors (local governments, tourists, and local residents), non-human animal (livestock) and quasi-object (human dwellings) construct an interaction network in a structured way. The critical action route of livestock animal displacement demonstrated in this research is aimed to improve residents' participation willingness and further to change the local livestock feeding model and traditional dwelling by rural environment governance and rural tourism landscape consumption. Through the process of translation, problematization, interest, enrollment, mobilization and opposition, the livestock displacement actor-networks were constructed to build a heterogeneous network of the local government, tourists, local residents, livestock and human dwelling. The ultimate goal is to change the traditional human dwelling to a dis-dwelling; the most important thing is to promote residents' participation willingness in the livestock displacement actor-networks. This article attempts to perform compelling exploratory research to elucidate the livestock displacement actor-networks in hope to provide a meaningful contribution to the epistemology and methodology of livestock management on rural tourism destination and open a new path for research on rural livestock-human relations.

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“…By folding the future trials of strength into the present, the necessary series of actors are conscripted and aligned to ensure that a preferred path is followed. So, ex-post we can recognise gradients of aligned set-ups that push, prescribe and constrain actants to follow particular paths rather than others -chreods in Latour's (Johnson and Latour, 1988) language borrowed from Waddington (1963).…”

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“…For example, while the old process control system expected that the CRAs would intervene and act in certain situations the new distributed control system has significantly limited the scope for intervention available to them. Machines -in this case a control systemhave a morality in that they forbid and permit their envisioned actors to act (Akrich, 1992;Akrich and Latour, 1992;Johnson and Latour, 1988;Latour, 1992). Actornetwork theory is not, however, advocating technological determinism, because actors, according to their own programs of action, may or may not subscribe to the inscribed prescriptions -I do not have to follow the instructions in an origami book, even though it is likely that I will once I have begun.…”

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Chronigami: Folding and unfolding time

Kavanagh

Araújo

1995

Accounting, Management and Information Technologies

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Publication date 1995 Publication informationAccounting, Management & Information Technologies, 5 (2): 103-121Publisher Elsevier Item record/more information http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5821 Publisher's statementThis is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Accounting, Management and Information Technologies. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Accounting, Management and Information Technologies (VOL 5, ISSUE 2, (1995) We also warmly thank Richard Boland and two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful and constructive suggestions.2 CHRONIGAMI : FOLDING AND UNFOLDING TIME Abstract -Time is a construct or variable that is fundamental to a variety of theories of organisational change and strategic planning, as well as numerous mid-range models such as the product life cycle. In virtually all of these models, time is assumed to be unproblematic, independent, 'out there', and unilinear; time follows its own arrow. In contrast, constructivists point out that time is socially constructed and that in any society a repertoire of chronological codes is employed. The problem is that neither of these approaches, which reflect the objective / nature -subjective / social divide, on which the epistemological discourse in the social sciences is built, is very enlightening. The naive realist understanding is a chronological cul-de-sac; clocks, calendars, and caesium atoms tell the whole story. In contrast, the constructivist approach tells us that time is a social construction and that there are multiple chronological codes, although the implications of this finding are less than obvious.This paper seeks to begin to fill this lacuna by presenting an understanding of how time is constructed and who does the construction. In doing so, it draws heavily on actor-network theory with its emphasis on overcoming the dualism between the natural and social worlds This use of actor-network theory is illustrated with the use of a longitudinal, ethnographic study of the dynamics of organising in the context of a large construction project. The Oriental paper-folding art of Origami is introduced as a metaphor for understanding the construction and deconstruction of time.

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Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together: The Sociology of a Door-Closer

Cited by 503 publications

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Organising in the Anthropocene: an ontological outline for ecocentric theorising

Organising in the Anthropocene: an ontological outline for ecocentric theorising

Livestock Animal Displacement on Rural Tourism Destinations: Placing Livestock's “Pest” Role in the Background

Chronigami: Folding and unfolding time

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