Hello Joanna and other,

I have just defended a M.Sc. dissertation using the ANT.

At first, I would like to know where did you get this "focal actor" ?
Could you return me the reference (book, article, etc) where it appears,
so that I can try to help you ?

Marcus Vinicius - M.Sc. COPPE/UFRJ
Information Tecnology and Society/Science and Technology Studies
Anthropology of Technoscience
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The Cathedral and The Bazaar


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come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong."
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But she has to meet you working."
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joannitavl wrote:

>Hi!!
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>I'm triyng to explain Humboldt's exploration trips from actor
>network theory, but i've been having trouble understanding some
>concepts Latour and Callon introduced in some of their books.
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>If maybe some of you could explain what is exactly a focal actor,
>and what is the purpose of the process of problematizaction in the
>process of creating an acotr network (Translation), i would really
>appreciate it.
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>Joanna
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>Ps. Please excuse my english i'm still learning, it's not my native
>language.
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