The pivotal function of non-human actors in the acceptability of the body technology, Actibelt® : a reconstruction based on actor-network-theory

Scheermesser, Mandy

doi:10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25152

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	The pivotal function of non-human actors in the acceptability of the body technology, Actibelt® : a reconstruction based on actor-network-theory
Authors:	Scheermesser, Mandy
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0 10.21256/zhaw-25152
Published in:	Nanoethics
Volume(Issue):	2022
Issue:	16
Page(s):	81
Pages to:	93
Issue Date:	29-Apr-2022
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Springer
ISSN:	1871-4757 1871-4765
Language:	English
Subjects:	Actor-network-theory; Acceptability; Technology use; Acceptance; Non-human actors; Technology adoption
Subject (DDC):	303: Social processes
Abstract:	This paper explores the question of how non-human actors contribute to the acceptability of technologies. Acceptance and acceptability of technologies were examined as network formation and not, as in conventional technology acceptance models, as adoption by individual human actors. Using the approach of translation sociology, the acceptance work necessary for network formation was examined. As a result, the (technical) actibelt®-Actor-Network and five modes of acceptance work by non-human actors and their effects on patients were identified. The different modes of acceptance work show that non-human actors, such as events, meetings, graphs, and socio-technical discourses, are not passive actors in the development of technology, but can enable, hinder, or condition acceptability. Therefore, nonhuman actors play a central and constitutive role in the translation process by performing acceptance work and contributing to the stabilisation and acceptability of the actibelt®-Actor-Network.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25152
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Physiotherapy (IPT)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Gesundheit

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Scheermesser, M. (2022). The pivotal function of non-human actors in the acceptability of the body technology, Actibelt® : a reconstruction based on actor-network-theory. Nanoethics, 2022(16), 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0

Scheermesser, M. (2022) ‘The pivotal function of non-human actors in the acceptability of the body technology, Actibelt® : a reconstruction based on actor-network-theory’, Nanoethics, 2022(16), pp. 81–93. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0.

M. Scheermesser, “The pivotal function of non-human actors in the acceptability of the body technology, Actibelt® : a reconstruction based on actor-network-theory,” Nanoethics, vol. 2022, no. 16, pp. 81–93, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0.

SCHEERMESSER, Mandy, 2022. The pivotal function of non-human actors in the acceptability of the body technology, Actibelt® : a reconstruction based on actor-network-theory. Nanoethics. 29 April 2022. Bd. 2022, Nr. 16, S. 81–93. DOI 10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0

Scheermesser, Mandy. 2022. “The Pivotal Function of Non-Human Actors in the Acceptability of the Body Technology, Actibelt® : A Reconstruction Based on Actor-Network-Theory.” Nanoethics 2022 (16): 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0.

Scheermesser, Mandy. “The Pivotal Function of Non-Human Actors in the Acceptability of the Body Technology, Actibelt® : A Reconstruction Based on Actor-Network-Theory.” Nanoethics, vol. 2022, no. 16, Apr. 2022, pp. 81–93, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0.