Toward an Actor-Network approach for investigating education and learning within a corporate university: a world of heterogeneous assemblages

Education and learning in organizations are dynamic in nature and conventionally considered to depend on sociality. Nevertheless, the development of technologies has provoked impassable impacts. The theoretical proposal of knowledge as a collective activity (knowing) drives to the concept of situated learning. However, material artifacts tend to be ignored. Conversely, this research recognizes the importance of considering the organization as a heterogeneous assemblage of social, material and practices. This suggests a methodological shift to question the canonical analysis of the organization and learning theories. Actor-Network Theory (ANT) surfaces the materiality of practices, creating a foundational for regarding objects as legitimate actors. Assuming that it is no longer possible to separate sociality from materiality, this study pioneers adult learning settings.