You can't really emulate ANT in software as... You can, after you
finish your research, produce whatever graphs you might want, but
don't be confused by the word network, it isn't a network like a
social network. it is a system of relations. Two things that will
likely break any attempt to draw a computer structured map are the way
one goes about ANT, which is one follow the actors,closely. This
requires that as actors switch frames of reference, you learn to
recognize it, and also switch frames of reference. So you could be
relating things on scales that are for the most part irreconcilable
outside of the narrative structure and human experience. see... in
actor network theory in the entity relationship model below... you
might actually be... referring to the dash, heh.
On Apr 26, 2009, at 2:01 AM, Terence Love wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A question for the ant experts out there.
>
> What are the epistemological and ontological differences between an
> 'actor-network' view of the world and an 'entity-relationship' view
> of the
> world?
>
> In terms of how you would emulate them in software, they seem to be
> the
> same?
>
> Best wishes,
> Terry
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