Agency

Authors

  • Julie Laplante Université d'Ottawa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47854/NJFW6857

Keywords:

power of act, person, structure, non-human

Abstract

The notion of agency enjoys relative consensus in anthropology insofar as it refers to a "power to act", but its approaches fluctuate when it comes to qualifying or allocating it to the human or non-human, or to the individual or the structure.

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Published

2021-02-02