Performando um espaço de reflexão sobre sistemas de conhecimento a partir de um debate: experiência em uma turma de licenciatura em educação do campo / Elaborating a space for reflection...

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Ana Paula da Silva Freitas ◽  
Francisco Ângelo Coutinho

Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar como se deu a performance de um espaço de reflexão sobre sistemas de conhecimento ocorrida no âmbito de um debate realizado por uma turma de licenciandos em Educação do Campo, na área de Ciências da Vida e da Natureza. O referencial teórico adotado é o da Teoria Ator-Rede, segundo a qual o espaço deve ser analisado a partir de relações sociomateriais e de emergências em redes. O debate ocorreu em uma aula da disciplina Modelos de Astronomia, ministrada em janeiro de 2016 e teve como temática principal a abordagem de saberes tradicionais na área da astronomia nas escolas de Educação Básica. No momento de elaboração dos argumentos, emergiram nos dois grupos de licenciandos tanto concepções de senso comum da ciência (como a ideia de que conhecimento científico é conhecimento provado, a ciência é objetiva, as teorias científicas são derivadas de maneira rigorosa por meio de observações e experimentos, etc.), como também saberes tradicionais difundidos em suas comunidades (como a influência da lua na determinação do sexo de bebês). O momento de preparação dos licenciandos, o debate propriamente dito e as considerações feitas pelo professor da universidade após essa prática educativa mobilizaram diversos actantes humanos e não humanos que, por meio de suas relações, contribuíram para a performance de um espaço de reflexão principalmente sobre a importância do diálogo entre saberes que deve emergir em uma sala de aula, sobretudo em escolas do campo.Palavras-chave: Debate; Ensino de ciências; Conhecimentos tradicionais; Teoria Ator-Rede. ABSTRACT: This paper aims at presenting the conception of a reflexive space on knowledge systems which took place in the context of a debate conducted by a group of undergraduate students in Rural Education in the area of Nature and Life Sciences. The Actor-Network Theory (ANT) adopted as the theoretical reference states that space must be analyzed based on sociomaterial relations and on network emergencies. The debate took place in an Astronomy Models class in January of 2016 and had as main theme the approach of traditional knowledge in the area of astronomy in primary schools. At the time of elaborating the arguments, came up in both groups conceptions of scientific common sense (such as the idea that scientific knowledge is proven knowledge, science is objective, scientific theories are derived in a rigorous way from observations and experiments, etc.), as well as of diffuse traditional knowledge in their communities (such as the influence of the moon on determining the sex of babies). The students’ preparation, the debate itself and the considerations made by the professor after this educational practice engaged several human and nonhuman actants who, through their relations, contributed to the elaboration of a space of reflection, mainly, on the importance of the dialogue between knowledge that must emerge in a classroom, especially in rural schools.Keywords: Debate; Science Teaching; Traditional Subjects; Actor-Network Theory.

Author(s):  
Huda Ibrahim ◽  
Hasmiah Kasimin

An effi cient and effective information technology transfer from developed countries to Malaysia is an important issue as a prerequisite to support the ICT needs of the country to become not only a ICT user but also a ICT producer. One of the factors that infl uences successful information technology transfer is managing the process of how technology transfer occurs in one environment. It involves managing interaction between all parties concerned which requires an organized strategy and action toward accomplishing technology transfer objective in an integrated and effective mode. Using a conceptual framework based on the Actor Network Theory (ANT), this paper will analyse a successful information technology transfer process at a private company which is also a supplier of information technology (IT) products to the local market. This framework will explain how the company has come up with a successful technology transfer in a local environment. Our study shows that the company had given interest to its relationships with all the parties involved in the transfer process. The technology transfer programme and the strategy formulated take into account the characteristics of technology and all those involved.  


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-121
Author(s):  
Michel Chambon

This article explores the ways in which Christians are building churches in contemporary Nanping, China. At first glance, their architectural style appears simply neo-Gothic, but these buildings indeed enact a rich web of significances that acts upon local Christians and beyond. Building on Actor-Network Theory and exploring the multiple ties in which they are embedded, I argue that these buildings are agents acting in their own right, which take an active part in the process of making the presence of the Christian God tangible.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 94-106
Author(s):  
Y.M. Iskanderov ◽  
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M.D. Pautov

Aim. The use of modern information technologies makes it possible to achieve a qualitatively new level of control in supply chains. In these conditions, ensuring information security is the most important task. The article shows the possibilities of applying the spatial concepts of the actor-network theory in the interests of forming a relevant intelligent information security management system for supply chains. Materials and methods. The article discusses a new approach based on the provisions of the actor-network theory, which makes it possible to form the structure of an intelligent information security control system for supply chains, consisting of three main functional blocks: technical, psychological and administrative. The incoming information security threats and the relevant system responses generated through the interaction of the system blocks were considered as enacting the three Law’s spaces: the space of regions, the space of networks and the space of fl uids. Results. It is shown that the stability of this system in the space of networks is a necessary condition for its successful functioning in the space of regions, and its resilience in the space of fl uids gained through the dynamic knowledge formation helps overcome the adverse effects of the fl uidity. The problems of the intentional / unintentional nature of information security threats, as well as the reactivity / proactivity of the corresponding responses of the intelligent information security management system for supply chains are investigated. Conclusions. The proposed approach showed the possibility of using such an interdisciplinary tool in the fi eld of information security as the concepts of the actor-network theory. The intelligent information security control system built on its basis ensures that almost all the features of solving information security problems in supply chains are taken into account.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Heinsch ◽  
Tania Sourdin ◽  
Caragh Brosnan ◽  
Hannah Cootes

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Pisarev ◽  
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Sergey Astakhov ◽  
Stanislav Gavrilenko ◽  
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Author(s):  
Muhammad Yusuf ◽  
Carl Adams ◽  
Kate Dingley ◽  
Arif Muntasa ◽  
Wahyudi Agustiono ◽  
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Author(s):  
Mariano Croce ◽  
Emilia Margoni

AbstractWhat is it that determines the identity of an entity? Processualism is a theoretical perspective that offers a startling answer to this question. The identity of an entity—whether human or nonhuman, animate or inanimate—depends on the set of relations in which this entity is located. And as the sets of relations are several, so are the identities that an entity can take. This article discusses this conclusion by integrating processual accounts from different fields of inquiry, such as relativistic physics and actor-network theory. According to a processual interpretation of relativistic physics, speaking of states of things is but an abstraction. For states come from the introduction of arbitrary (physically meaningless) breakups of the spacetime continuum. Therefore, processes precede states, a process being a set of relations that confers identity on a physical state. According to a processual interpretation of actor-network theory, the same holds true for actors. Again, speaking of states of actors is but an abstraction. For what really acts is heterogeneous networks. When one describes actors in isolation, one is neglecting a whole array of relations with other actors whereby that actor can act or is made to act in such and such a way. These strands of processualism come to the same conclusion as to the identity of entities. These are not characterized by individuality but by individua(bi)lity: they can be differently individuated according to the set of relations one is able to take into account. The main methodological consequence is that, if one intends to describe what an entity is, knowledge of this entity—whether human or nonhuman, animate or inanimate—should be based on progressively less narrow localizations and mappings of the relations it has to other entities.


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