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Actor-Network Theory (Helene Ratner)

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Show Notes

Actor-Network Theory is growing in popularity in education research.

Helene Friis Ratner (Aarhus University) discusses the strengths and limitations of ANT, how this approach can be best applied to understand education, and the fascinating insights that can be gained from thinking about ‘things’.

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