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dc.contributor.authorNiemimaa, Marko
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-12T11:57:25Z
dc.date.available2019-02-12T11:57:25Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationNiemimaa, M. (2018). Affordances and Agential Realism : A Relational Ontology for a Relational Theory. In <i>ECIS 2018 : Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Information Systems, Portsmouth, UK, 23-28 June</i> (Article 107). European Conference on Information Systems. <a href="https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2018_rp/107" target="_blank">https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2018_rp/107</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_28749187
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_79680
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/62760
dc.description.abstractRelational view of affordance theory has emerged as a viable theory in Information Systems (IS) research to explain variation in IS use. According to this theory, what a specific person can achieve with a technology is neither inherent in the person himself nor on the technology but emerges from their interaction. Despite that such relational view implies relational ontology, the ontological foundations have been insufficiently theorized which limits both its practical and theoretical applicability and explanatory power. In this paper, I suggest that Karen Barad’s relational ontology, known as agential realism, provides coherent and solid foundations for affordances that are especially suitable to explain IS use in contemporary workplace that is characterized by distributed yet tightly interconnected technological infrastructures rather than dyadic interactions with simple objects. Empirical illustrations drawn from ethnographic field work of technicians working with smart infrastructure show how affordances building on agential realism may enhance understanding of IS use.fi
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEuropean Conference on Information Systems
dc.relation.ispartofECIS 2018 : Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Information Systems, Portsmouth, UK, 23-28 June
dc.relation.urihttps://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2018_rp/107
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.subject.otheraffordances
dc.subject.otheragential realism
dc.subject.otherontology
dc.subject.othertheory
dc.subject.othersociomateriality
dc.subject.otherinfrastrcture
dc.titleAffordances and Agential Realism : A Relational Ontology for a Relational Theory
dc.typeconferenceObject
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201901281321
dc.contributor.laitosInformaatioteknologian tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.laitosFaculty of Information Technologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper
dc.date.updated2019-01-28T07:15:22Z
dc.relation.isbn978-1-86137-667-1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
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dc.relation.conferenceEuropean Conference on Information Systems
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