What are actor networks?
What will be an ideal response?
Bruno Latour and his colleagues have argued that we should regard the
elements of what we often call “nature” and the “environment” as actors in a common
network with human actors. Latour suggests that we call all these network elements,
human and otherwise, actants, lest we fall into our old oppositions again. These actants
mutually constitute one another, Latour says, through what he calls actor networks.
You might also like to view...
What change of the surface temperature of the Earth is projected for 2025?
What will be an ideal response
Domestic and feral house cats in the United States
A) are a keystone species, controlling potentially huge populations of rodents. B) provide the necessary population control for pigeons, starlings, and cowbirds. C) kill more than one billion small mammals and birds annually. D) spread viral infections to native carnivores.
The short black bar shows the time duration of a rainstorm; the red curve and blue curve show patterns of river discharge. The red is representative of a stream in urban locations. Select the possible effects urbanization can have on stream aside from "flashy" behavior. (Select all that apply.)
McGraw-Hill EducationA) More pavement which can prevent rainwater from soaking into the groundB) Less tree cover (less vegetation demand for the rainwater)C) More energy to erode stream banks and cause bank failure and increased sediment lossD) More rain falls in rural areasE) Urban areas have slower stream velocity
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is TRUE about the distribution of Earth's biodiversity?
A) In general, there tends to be greater biodiversity at higher latitudes than lower latitudes. B) Earth's biodiversity is spread unevenly across the planet. C) There is a universally accepted manner to delineate Earth's biodiversity. D) The distribution of Earth's biodiversity is driven solely by climate.