Electric carsharing and the sustainable mobility transition: Conflict and contestation in a Czech actor-network
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DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.101971
Abstract: Abstract The energy transition has seen greater progress in some areas than others. Although it accounts for a significant portion of global greenhouse gas emissions, the transportation sector has hardly broken its high dependence on… read more here.
Keywords: transition; transportation; energy; actor network ... See more keywords
Why do blockchains split? An actor-network perspective on Bitcoin splits
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119743
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the focal actors in a blockchain network and their heterogeneity in splits. Disagreements in blockchain communities often lead to splits in both the blockchain and the community. We use three key… read more here.
Keywords: bitcoin splits; network; actor; actor network ... See more keywords
Creating sustainable tourism ventures in protected areas: An actor-network theory analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2017.02.006
Abstract: Sustainable tourism is a growing segment of tourism worldwide. If such ventures are to thrive in society, we have to learn more about how they are created and sustained. Specifically, one has to explore, not… read more here.
Keywords: tourism; actor; analysis; actor network ... See more keywords
Smart City Development as Public Entrepreneurship: An In-Depth Case Study of Mayoral Action Based on Actor-Network Theory
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2024.2329672
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines how mayors in Belgium facilitate smart city development through interactions with actors in public administrations, businesses, and civil society. By applying public entrepreneurship and actor-network theories, it explores actions mayors can… read more here.
Keywords: city development; public entrepreneurship; city; smart city ... See more keywords
Secrecy, evidence, and fear: exploring the construction of intelligence power with Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
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DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2021.1893074
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article develops a critical notion of intelligence power, building on a developing rhetorical understanding of intelligence power within Critical Intelligence Studies (CIS) and intelligence’s impact already identified in the important case of Collin… read more here.
Keywords: intelligence; intelligence power; actor network; power ... See more keywords
Power dynamics and spatiality in the financialisation of the city: financial intermediation in local government bonds in China
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DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2025.2506643
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper investigates financial intermediation in local government bonds (LGBs) in China to understand power dynamics and spatiality. It introduces actor-network theory (ANT) as a framework for enhancing the understanding situated in the financialisation… read more here.
Keywords: actor network; local government; financial intermediation; power ... See more keywords
Actor-Network-Theory and Micro-Learning Networks
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DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2017.1344882
Abstract: I want to tell a story of how my understanding of clinical learning has been turned upside down over the past six years of doctoral study. It is a three-stop journey – with each stage… read more here.
Keywords: theory micro; learning networks; micro learning; actor network ... See more keywords
The Cross and the Computer: Actor-Network Theory and Christianity
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DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2016.1265223
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationship between Christianity and new technologies. I contend that the “Christ and Culture” model of H. Richard Niebuhr, while influential for many authors, is inadequate to grasp the real relationship.… read more here.
Keywords: network theory; actor network; christianity;
Translating moral orders: putting moral conflict theory in conversation with actor–network theory
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DOI: 10.1080/15358593.2018.1516798
Abstract: ABSTRACT Moral conflict theory explains deep moral differences and patterns of communication commonly associated with such conflicts. Moral conflict is defined as a struggle between humans, but we argue that the objects of contention in… read more here.
Keywords: moral conflict; theory; conflict theory; actor network ... See more keywords
An actor–network theory model of property development
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DOI: 10.1108/jerer-06-2017-0022
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to model the property development process from an actor–network theory perspective. The model aims to address the relationship between structure and agency to combine the social and the… read more here.
Keywords: actor network; process; property development; development process ... See more keywords
Fully Spiking Actor Network With Intralayer Connections for Reinforcement Learning
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DOI: 10.1109/tnnls.2024.3352653
Abstract: With the help of special neuromorphic hardware, spiking neural networks (SNNs) are expected to realize artificial intelligence (AI) with less energy consumption. It provides a promising energy-efficient way for realistic control tasks by combining SNNs… read more here.
Keywords: fully spiking; spiking actor; intralayer connections; actor network ... See more keywords