T8 – Materiality

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• Human capacity to act intentionally Human agency
• Technology’s ability to shape action Material agency
• Mutual interaction between human and material agency Imbrication
• Previous interactions influence future actions Temporal layering
• Routines and technologies created together Co-production
• Balance between human and technological influence Middle position
• Technology enabling new actions Affordance
• Technology limiting possible actions Constraint
• Affordances exist only when used Relational property
• Change starts from technology’s possibilities Material sequence
• Change starts from human modification Human sequence
• Accumulated routines become hard to change Black-boxing
• Recognizing affordances reveals potential for change Adaptive insight
• Technology effects depend on how it is used Feature-based use
• New actions possible through technology Affordances
• Affordances appear only in practice Enacted affordance
• Technology is stable but meanings are relational Relational materiality
• Benefit limited to individual user Individualized affordance
• Group benefit through joint use Collective affordance
• Shared way of using technology Shared affordance
• Shared use enables organizational change Collective stabilization
• Change occurs when use patterns align Convergent use
• Technology alone does not create change Use dependence
• Stable use reshapes communication networks Network transformation
• Learning happens through shared technology use Collective learning
• Past patterns shape future actions Imbrication continuity

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