An Analysis Of ANT (Actor-Network Theory

In this modern era, technology has already been an essential part of the human life. Normal people cannot imagine life without out technology supporting their daily activities. Transportation, advanced medical equipment, computers and various other man-made artificial technologies are almost inseparable in the present situations as these technologies have been improving the living standards of human beings. In almost every step, people rely on technology. Due to this fact, many social scientists discuss the relation between technology and other nonhuman factors. This theory is known as ANT (Actor-Network Theory). ANT is an ongoing project that describes the relation between human and non-human factors. It helps to study the relationship between
300). Sociologists could imagine that the users will be well behaved and they will close the door after they have opened the doors to pass. However, the questions arise, Will the users be well-behaved? It seems that closing a door is a very simple task; but even though considering the sign-posts, recriminations that inform to keep the door closed (at least in Northern regions), it seems to be disseminated poorly (Johnson 1988, pp. 300). The solution to this would be to either discipline the users to close the doors or substitute this task to another human whose only function would be to close and open the doors for users, known as a groom or a gatekeeper. Substituting this task with a groom would require lots of resources but it would cost less than teaching all the users to close the door after opening it. The groom shall perform its duty whether the user is well behaved or not. A groom can be assigned with different tasks to utilise the resource appropriately, however, if the groom is assigned with other duties the door will still be opened by the users. “Even if they had money to keep him there, we are now faced with a problem that two hundred years of capitalism has not completely solved: how to discipline a youngster to reliably fulfill a boring and underpaid duty” (Johnson 1988, pp. 300). The
Powerful mechanical spring does seem to perform its tasks effectively, however, a certain improvement in the present door might increase the efficiency of the door. For example, old copper plated heavy doors with hydraulic door-closers were preferred by an author in his paper (Johnson 1988, pp. 302). He mentions that the hydraulic piston stores the energy applied by the users when they open the door and releases the energy to close itself slowly. This hydraulic door may seem better than the mechanical spring door it still has its own limitation. A huge number of peoples are still not capable of adapting the hydraulic door. These doors are very heavy and it requires a huge amount of energy to open which leaves people like senior citizens and small children because they cannot open the door due to its heaviness. However, there exists the solution for this by blocking its arm when needed. Despite, some limitations these doors are very