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Convergence: Actor Network Theory (ANT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

Convergence: Actor Network Theory (ANT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781522589617|ISBN10: 1522589619|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522591931|EISBN13: 9781522589624
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8961-7.ch006
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Carol Nelson. "Convergence: Actor Network Theory (ANT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)." Social Partnership and Governance Under Crises, IGI Global, 2019, pp.121-147. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8961-7.ch006

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C. Nelson (2019). Convergence: Actor Network Theory (ANT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8961-7.ch006

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Carol Nelson. "Convergence: Actor Network Theory (ANT) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)." In Social Partnership and Governance Under Crises. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8961-7.ch006

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Abstract

Actor network theory as the “sociology of translation,” is used as a lens to examine the chronology of the development of the MOU Agreement, which provides insight into the mechanics of its formation and network of relations. Translation uncovered dimensions of the network's development: why associations between the actors were created, the factors that mobilized these heterogeneous parties to come together. Further, it also uncovered how their functions were ascribed and how stability or “black box” status was achieved. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is positioned as a moment in ANT facilitating the analyses of the network linkages of the MOU actor network assist to identify the interactions at various levels of the MOU social partnership actor network. The two worldviews complement each other within an interpretivist framework revealing the potential to analyse network interactions through the lens of discourse.

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