ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on empirical research exploring Student-Led Improvement Science Projects in a hospital setting. The effects produced by the network are sometimes attributed, asymmetrically, to humans or non-humans on the basis of underlying assumptions. Actor-Network Theory (ANT) enables for a more symmetrical analysis by noticing effects rather than attribution of cause to specific actants. ANT considers the sociomateral as symmetrical, focusing on the actions of both human and non-human with equal interest. Conceptualising networks allows the researcher to attune to connections and associations from which learning emerges as an effect. A criticism of ANT is that powerful actors tend to be scrutinised more closely, which detracts from mundane detail and everyday practices that are necessary to explore in order to account for that which is taken for granted or overlooked. Finally, the notion of multiple worlds from Law and Mol are followed, describing how these coexist or compete in workplace situations.
