This paper aims to discuss Actor Network Theory (ANT) as an epistemological alternative to conduct organizational studies in Brazil. Following a poststructuralist perspective, this approach theorises organization as outcomes of process and events that do not follow a similar or particular logics. Instead of assuming organizations as clear cut entities composed by different subsystems that work towards a common aim, it attempts to addresses how they are the outcome of organizing process, not something that has clearcut boundaries with considerable stability. The paper addresses the main aspects of ANT and attempts to highlight possibilities of its use to understand organizational phenomena in Brazil.
Actornetwork theory; Post-structuralism; Organizations studies; Organizing; Power