Sociomateriality
Sociomateriality is a theoretical lens in science and technology studies and organization studies that treats social and material as mutually constitutive and inseparable in the production of social reality. It rejects the idea that human actors and technologies operate in distinct spheres, instead arguing that practices are produced through the ongoing entanglement of people, artifacts, spaces, and infrastructures.
The concept builds on actor-network theory and the broader tradition of new materialism, emphasizing that technologies,
Applications of sociomateriality are widespread across information systems, organizational studies, healthcare, education, and urban design. Examples
Methodologically, sociomaterial studies employ ethnography, case studies, and qualitative analysis to trace how combinations of actors