Informaatiokäytäntöjen tutkimuksen teoreettisia ja metodologisia mahdollisuuksia

toimijaverkkoteoria ja käytäntölähtöinen tutkimusote

Authors

• Jaakko Louhivuori Tampereen yliopisto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0600-8754

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23978/inf.87770

Keywords:

informaatiokäytännöt, informaatiokäyttäytyminen [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p24916], toimijaverkkoteoria [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p19013], käytäntöteoria, datatiede [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p29172]

Abstract

In this article I ponder how the actor-network theory and the practice-based studies can be applied in information practices research. The history of the actor-network theory goes back to the 1970s and 1980s and is linked to sociology as well as science and technology studies. Actually it was not intended to be so much a theory, but more like a method of combining actors into a wider story without preconceived ideas or laws of thought. In recent years, information practice research has paid more attention to the practice-based studies than to the actor-network theory. The quest for the full recognition of nonhuman factors as a part of information generation and its utilisation can be observed as a common ground with these two approaches. I believe, that if we apply the components of the actor-network theory and practice-based studies, we will get a more holistic view of information practices. These views and results may be used to review information practices and to develop the information processes further.