Reciprocity Matters : Exploring Relationality Between Diverse Nodes in Global Networks. Empirical Insights in the Educational Sector

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Vollmer, Theresa:
Reciprocity Matters : Exploring Relationality Between Diverse Nodes in Global Networks. Empirical Insights in the Educational Sector.
2021
Event: Annual Conference of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence “Africa*n Relations : Modalities Reflected” , 14.-17. Jul. 2021 , Bayreuth, Deutschland , online.
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In her presentation Theresa Vollmer investigates ways of relating between diverse nodes and asks, how can one analyse relationality - minimally defined as reciprocity - between different nodes, meaning human beings and non-human beings? Drawing on network theory (White) and material approaches (STS, new materialism), she proposes to think of knowledge transmission processes in global networks in the education sector as socio-material processes, in which diverse nodes are intricately linked together. Using stories as a tool of analysis allows to shed light on who or what takes part in the transmission process, and additionally how they are related to each other. This will be illustrated based on empirical data from the Indian context.