Actor-networks and implementation: examples from conservation GIS in Ecuador
作者:
Eugene W. Martin,
期刊:
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
(Taylor Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 8
页码: 715-738
ISSN:1365-8816
年代: 2000
DOI:10.1080/136588100750022750
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Recommendations for implementation and evaluation of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can benfit from a broader theoretical foundation to support investigation, understanding and improvement. This paper discusses Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as a framework to delineate and evaluate the social and technical interactions involved in GIS implementation. The proposed process traces actor-network interactions through texts, technical objects, people, money and control. Actor alignment, actor-network stability and obligatory points of passage are evaluated to compare actor-networks. Case study research on conservation GIS implementation in Ecuador illustrates these methods. The strength of these actor-networks is examined through analysis of actors' interactions and the presence and function of an obligatory point of passage. Stronger actor-networks exhibit alignment among actors, co-location of an obligatory point of passage with the center of calculation and credit sharing.
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