Doing Sociomateriality Research In Information Systems

Amany Elbanna

doi:10.1145/3025099.3025108

Doing Sociomateriality Research In Information Systems

Amany Elbanna

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This paper with scholars that researchers who want to adopt a sociomaterial approach often find themselves confused regarding research methods.The paper argues that finding a methodological framework for research following a sociomaterial approach has to be consistent with the philosophy, ontology and roots of this approach and that it is limiting to read the post-human approach of sociomateriality through a structural-functionalist lens. The paper briefly reviews the roots of the sociomaterial approach in sociology and information systems and offers a methodological guidance based on Actor Network Theory (ANT) and post ANT/Feminist lenses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	84-92
Number of pages	9
Journal	Data Base for Advances in Information Systems
Volume	47
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3025099.3025108
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2016

Keywords

Sociomateriality
sociotechnical
research methodology
methodology for sociomateriality
Actor Network Theory
sociomaterial practices
ANT

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Final Paper-FINAL
A version of this paper has been accepted for publication on the DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, forthcoming in 2016
Accepted author manuscript, 14.6 MB

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3025108&CFID=891058509&CFTOKEN=93323504

SM4EM: Social Media for Emergency Management: challenges and opportunities
Elbanna, A. (PI)
British Academy
1/04/15 → 31/03/17
Project: Research

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