No, but Išve done an attempt to link structuration theory with ANT, and
realist eval would not be that different to ST (in that it posits a
layered ontology and theorises human agency). Not sure the paper
mentioned below is relevant really (and I wrote it!).
HTH
trish
On 02/07/2015 18:28, "Paula Rowland" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hello wise and generous RAMESES group,
>
>I am an organizational studies scholar working in the Canadian health
>care setting. I am new to the conversation re: realist evaluations and
>trying to grasp some of the concepts.
>
>I've been thinking a lot about Actor Network Theory (reading Latour, Law,
>Mol), Activity Theory (Engestrom), other socio-material approaches to
>research (I've been reading Gherardi, Niccolini re: their approaches to
>studying safety in organizations, as well as Bleakley re: health
>professional education) and social learning theories (reading
>Wegner-Trayner re: 'learning in landscapes of practice').
>
>I *think* I see some coherence between what I've been reading about
>socio-material, practice based research with what I've been reading about
>realist evaluations.
>
>When I did a quick search for anyone that has been writing about the two
>together, I only found two references, one of them being: Greenhalgh, T.,
>Macfarlane, F., Barton-Sweeney, C., & Woodard, F. (2012). "If We Build
>It, Will It Stay?" A Case Study of the Sustainability of Whole-System
>Change in London. The Milbank Quarterly, 90(3), 516-547.
>
>Does anyone on this list have some recommended readings about the
>commensurability (or lack thereof) of sociomaterial theories (such as
>Actor Network Theory, Activity Theory) and realist evaluation?
>
>Many thanks in advance for your direction,
>Paula
>
>Scientist, Collaborative Academic Practice, University Health Network
>Scientist, Centre for Interprofessional Care, University of Toronto
>Fellow, AMS Phoenix Project
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