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Taking the ontological and materialist turns: Agential realism, representation theory, and accounting information systems
International Journal of Accounting Information Systems ( IF 4.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 , DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2020.100485
Ron Weber

Karen Barad’s (2007) agential realism conceives the world as intra-acting agencies that take definite form only when an agential cut is made. In the information systems discipline, her theory underpins much of the work that goes under the rubric of sociomateriality. Importantly, her work challenges the validity of theories about the world based on representationalism and so-called Cartesian dualism. At least some scholars who subscribe to sociomateriality argue that one consequence of Barad’s theory is that information systems theories such as representation theory stand on shaky grounds. I subject this proposition to scrutiny. I begin by summarizing the major tenets of representation theory and agential realism. Next, I use agential realism to provide an account of phenomena that are associated with an accounting information systems case study. I then evaluate the account, particularly from the perspective of what novel, innovative insights occur by using an agential realism lens. Compared to existing theories such as actor-network theory and general systems theory, I conclude that little new is learned. Moreover, I argue that representation theory provides an alternative, robust account of the case-study phenomena. I also consider the question of whether agential realism potentially provides accounting information systems scholars with a means of identifying the core of their field and constructing theories about any core they might identify.



中文翻译:

采取本体论和唯物主义的转向:代理现实主义,表示论和会计信息系统

卡伦·巴拉德(Karen Barad,2007)的代理现实主义将世界视为内部行动的代理机构,只有在进行代理削减后,它才能采取确定的形式。在信息系统学科中,她的理论为许多在社会物质性原则下的工作奠定了基础。重要的是,她的工作挑战了基于表征论和所谓的笛卡尔二元论的世界理论的有效性。至少有一些支持社会物质性的学者认为,巴拉德理论的一个后果是,诸如表示理论之类的信息系统理论处于不稳定的基础上。我对这一主张进行了审查。首先,我总结了表征理论和代理现实主义的主要原则。接下来,我将使用代理现实主义来说明与会计信息系统案例研究相关的现象。然后,我将使用代理现实主义的角度,特别是从发生哪些新颖,创新的见解的角度来评估该帐户。与现有的理论(例如演员网络理论和通用系统理论)相比,我得出的结论是,几乎没有什么新知识可学。此外,我认为表示理论为案例研究现象提供了另一种可靠的解释。我还考虑以下问题:代理现实主义是否有可能为会计信息系统学者提供一种确定其领域核心并构建有关他们可能确定的任何核心的理论的方法。我的结论是,学到的东西很少。此外,我认为表示理论为案例研究现象提供了另一种可靠的解释。我还考虑以下问题:代理现实主义是否有可能为会计信息系统学者提供一种确定其领域核心并构建有关他们可能确定的任何核心的理论的方法。我的结论是,学到的东西很少。此外,我认为表示理论为案例研究现象提供了另一种可靠的解释。我还考虑以下问题:代理现实主义是否有可能为会计信息系统学者提供一种确定其领域核心并构建有关他们可能确定的任何核心的理论的方法。

更新日期:2020-11-16
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