On pragmatism, assemblage and ANT: assembling reason

Bridge, Gary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2156-4342 2021. On pragmatism, assemblage and ANT: assembling reason. Progress in Human Geography 45 (3) , pp. 417-435. 10.1177/0309132520924710

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Abstract

In geography the key theoretical registers of assemblage theory and Actor Network Theory have been psychoanalytic-semiotic, materialist and vitalist (emphasising affect). In contrast, this paper indicates the original influence and continued relevance of philosophical pragmatism’s action-oriented approach for assemblage and ANT. It suggests how a pragmatist understanding of human experience, situation and reason offers a different perspective on the nature of emergent and relational space in assemblages and networks. This perspective extends existing pragmatist work in geography to explore the distinctive, hyper-relational spatialities of human activity in a world of acting things, suggesting wider implications for progress in human geography.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	SAGE
ISSN:	0309-1325
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 April 2020
Date of Acceptance:	12 April 2020
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2024 10:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/131213

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