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    Actor Network Theory (ANT) is a conceptual framework for studying collective sociotechnical processes. It considers both human and non-human actors and focuses on their actions and interactions rather than social or technical factors alone. To analyze the network around cord blood banking for stem cell therapies, ANT requires identifying the various stakeholders as actors, including patients, researchers, doctors, companies, stem cells, the government, public opinion, and more. These actors form a network aligned with developing stem cell therapies. Alignment occurs through translation, where interests become aligned, such as through skills development, clinical trials, legislation, and research. The strength of connections between actors, such as a mother and her doctor, will influence strategies to enroll others in the network

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    Actor Network Theory (ANT) is a conceptual framework for studying collective sociotechnical processes. It considers both human and non-human actors and focuses on their actions and interactions rather than social or technical factors alone. To analyze the network around cord blood banking for stem cell therapies, ANT requires identifying the various stakeholders as actors, including patients, researchers, doctors, companies, stem cells, the government, public opinion, and more. These actors form a network aligned with developing stem cell therapies. Alignment occurs through translation, where interests become aligned, such as through skills development, clinical trials, legislation, and research. The strength of connections between actors, such as a mother and her doctor, will influence strategies to enroll others in the network

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    Actor Network Theory (ANT) is a conceptual framework for studying collective sociotechnical processes. It considers both human and non-human actors and focuses on their actions and interactions rather than social or technical factors alone. To analyze the network around cord blood banking for stem cell therapies, ANT requires identifying the various stakeholders as actors, including patients, researchers, doctors, companies, stem cells, the government, public opinion, and more. These actors form a network aligned with developing stem cell therapies. Alignment occurs through translation, where interests become aligned, such as through skills development, clinical trials, legislation, and research. The strength of connections between actors, such as a mother and her doctor, will influence strategies to enroll others in the network

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    Actor Network Theory

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    Actor Network Theory (ANT) is a conceptual framework for studying collective sociotechnical processes. It considers both human and non-human actors and focuses on their actions and interactions rather than social or technical factors alone. To analyze the network around cord blood banking for stem cell therapies, ANT requires identifying the various stakeholders as actors, including patients, researchers, doctors, companies, stem cells, the government, public opinion, and more. These actors form a network aligned with developing stem cell therapies. Alignment occurs through translation, where interests become aligned, such as through skills development, clinical trials, legislation, and research. The strength of connections between actors, such as a mother and her doctor, will influence strategies to enroll others in the network

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    Actor Network Theory

    The Actor Network theory derives from the work primarily maid by of Bruno Latour, Michel
    Callon, and John Law. ANT is a conceptual frame for exploring collective sociotechnical processes,
    whose spokespersons have paid particular attention to science and technologic activity. In our case
    neither social nor technology are privileged.1
    Why should we use ANT ? It is a good analytical strategy which is good for studying things thar are
    happening, network of stabilization and to study things that we don’t really know yet that are hard
    to grasp. The future of Cord blood registering is yet unknown and there are no 100% proofs that
    shows the feasibility of the method to cure diseases.
    Actor Network Theory forces us to consider both human and non human actors and to focus on
    their actions, rather than the beliefs, values or customs of those involved in curricular change.
    Actors are both human and non-human stakeholders who pursue interests which may encourage or
    constrain technology (Monteiro and Hanseth, 1996; Walsham, 1997). I could name, patients,
    researchers, doctors, companies/owners, stem cells, government, internet, discussion boards, public
    opinion, opinion leaders, universities etc. to be actors in this analysis.
    These many actors then make up a network aligned to the same technology, and in our case the
    technology is the innovative solution to future stem cell cure to diseases. The alignment is achieved
    through translation where sometimes innovation might happen. Translating involves showing how
    an actor’s non-aligned interests may become aligned in the future. Skills, clinical trials, legislations,
    governance and research may all be part of the process of alignment. The fate of the innovation is
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    therefore in the hands of the next link in the translation chain. The network made by the actors is
    therefore a creation of reality. Within the network there are as well actants that could be connected
    to each other. Actants enter into networked associations, which then define them. Actants are
    considered to have no prior substance or essence, and it is first via the network which they associate
    that actants derive their nature. And after that, actants ( WHAT THE HELL IS THE ACTANT
    HERE ?????) develop just as the network.
    To build an actor network model you need to identify the link of the stakeholders. The actor
    network will contain both strong and weak connections; for example strong connections between
    the coming mother and her doctor telling her about the solution; but weak connection, between the
    coming mother and the criticism she will read about the cord blood banking in the newspaper. The
    strength of the connections will influence the enrolment strategies. This will have a big influence on
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    Session 4,
    strategies to align the actor network with the desirable outcome of future disease cure with help of
    stem cells. Alignment might involve simplifying the actor network since the more complex the
    actor network is the more difficult it is to align (Monteiro and Hanseth, 1996)
    It is as well important to identify irreversibility. To what extent do we understand the technology,
    patients, governmental decisions etc. Once something is established it might be hard to go back and
    change. This requires an understanding of event that has led to the current patients, processes,
    technologies and future. Questions need to be asked about past events, the history of stem cell ,
    political actions (legislations, possible future insurance policy) and public understanding. These
    elements will have significant effects on network acceptance.
    Once we have identified actions. The ACT analysis will lead to list of activities designed to
    promote the alignment of the actor network. Marketing of the solution via doctors, design of
    platform for future mothers, developing strategies enrolling actors, chaning the technology to
    promote social acceptance (standardization) and replacing black boxes by more transparent
    technology. In the future, the configurations become black boxes, where the project is completed
    and the solution will be used by more countries.
    The purpose of this Actor Network process is to develop implementation plan to ensure that both
    the social acceptance and the technical part is accompanied together.

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