Critical Realism and Actor-Network Theory/Deleuzian Thinking: A Critical Comparison in the Area of Information Systems, Technology and Organizational Studies

Christine Mclean; Jeremy Aroles

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49733-4_4

Critical Realism and Actor-Network Theory/Deleuzian Thinking: A Critical Comparison in the Area of Information Systems, Technology and Organizational Studies

Christine Mclean, Jeremy Aroles

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Much debate has encircled studies of information systems, technology and organizations with regards to ideas of process, stability and change, performance and materiality. This encapsulates different ways of viewing dualities (e.g. subjective/objective, social/technical, local/global, macro/micro, structure/agency, reality/construction, being/becoming, etc.) as well as alternative ontological and epistemological commitments underlying particular approaches and research perspectives. This paper seeks to explore two specific approaches by focusing on a comparison of Critical Realism (CR) and ANT/Deleuze-inspired forms of inquiry. In particular, we focus on the notion of morphogenesis in order to explore in greater detail how this concept conjures up rather different images in relation to approaches centred around CR and ANT/Deleuze.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Beyond Interpretivism? New encounters with technology and organization
Subtitle of host publication	IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS & O 2016, Dublin, Ireland, December 9-10, 2016, Proceedings
Editors	Lucas Introna, Donncha Kavanagh, Seamas Kelly, Wanda Orlikowski, Susan Scott
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	58-72
ISBN (Print)	9783319497327
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49733-4_4
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2016

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Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Publisher	Springer
Volume	489
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)	1868-422X

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Mclean, C., & Aroles, J. (2016). Critical Realism and Actor-Network Theory/Deleuzian Thinking: A Critical Comparison in the Area of Information Systems, Technology and Organizational Studies. In L. Introna, D. Kavanagh, S. Kelly, W. Orlikowski, & S. Scott (Eds.), Beyond Interpretivism? New encounters with technology and organization: IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS & O 2016, Dublin, Ireland, December 9-10, 2016, Proceedings (pp. 58-72). ( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 489). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49733-4_4

Mclean, Christine ; Aroles, Jeremy. / Critical Realism and Actor-Network Theory/Deleuzian Thinking: A Critical Comparison in the Area of Information Systems, Technology and Organizational Studies. Beyond Interpretivism? New encounters with technology and organization: IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS & O 2016, Dublin, Ireland, December 9-10, 2016, Proceedings. editor / Lucas Introna ; Donncha Kavanagh ; Seamas Kelly ; Wanda Orlikowski ; Susan Scott. Cham : Springer Nature, 2016. pp. 58-72 ( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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Mclean, C & Aroles, J 2016, Critical Realism and Actor-Network Theory/Deleuzian Thinking: A Critical Comparison in the Area of Information Systems, Technology and Organizational Studies. in L Introna, D Kavanagh, S Kelly, W Orlikowski & S Scott (eds), Beyond Interpretivism? New encounters with technology and organization: IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS & O 2016, Dublin, Ireland, December 9-10, 2016, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 489, Springer Nature, Cham, pp. 58-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49733-4_4

Critical Realism and Actor-Network Theory/Deleuzian Thinking: A Critical Comparison in the Area of Information Systems, Technology and Organizational Studies. / Mclean, Christine; Aroles, Jeremy.
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Mclean C, Aroles J. Critical Realism and Actor-Network Theory/Deleuzian Thinking: A Critical Comparison in the Area of Information Systems, Technology and Organizational Studies. In Introna L, Kavanagh D, Kelly S, Orlikowski W, Scott S, editors, Beyond Interpretivism? New encounters with technology and organization: IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems and Organizations, IS & O 2016, Dublin, Ireland, December 9-10, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer Nature. 2016. p. 58-72. ( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49733-4_4

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