Non-human Agency in International Students’ Learning Realities: A Choreography of Actor-Network Theory and Rhizomes

Salomao Filho A, Tillmanns T (2023)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2023

Publisher: Springer Singapore

Edited Volumes: Rhizome Metaphor

Pages Range: 7-24

ISBN: 9789811990557

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9056-4_2

Abstract

This chapter explores international students’ informal learning experiences through the lenses of Deleuze & Guatarri’s rhizome philosophy and Actor-Network Theory (ANT). Reflections upon the principles of the rhizome as well as ANT ontologically symmetrical materialism are examined in light of empirical data. This analytical effort seeks to illuminate how learning is non-linearly negotiated by a series of surprising actors, coming into being as an effect of a non-essentialist set of relations. Focusing on theoretical affinity rather than divergence, the creative dialogue established between ANT and the rhizome philosophy gives space for a “choreography” of learning as a relational performance, which is enacted through international students’ practices, and objects that shift from being seemingly irrelevant to becoming matters of controversy.

Authors with CRIS profile

Alfredo Salomao Filho Institut für Lern-Innovation der Philosophischen Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie Tanja Tillmanns Institut für Lern-Innovation der Philosophischen Fakultät und Fachbereich Theologie

How to cite

APA:

Salomao Filho, A., & Tillmanns, T. (2023). Non-human Agency in International Students’ Learning Realities: A Choreography of Actor-Network Theory and Rhizomes. In Myint Swe Khine (Eds.), Rhizome Metaphor. (pp. 7-24). Springer Singapore.

MLA:

Salomao Filho, Alfredo, and Tanja Tillmanns. "Non-human Agency in International Students’ Learning Realities: A Choreography of Actor-Network Theory and Rhizomes." Rhizome Metaphor. Ed. Myint Swe Khine, Springer Singapore, 2023. 7-24.

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