The exposure of practice is shared with anthropological accounts, but this ANT-based
work has differed somewhat. It has revealed a broader range of actors, specifically attributing agency to non-human
actors and thus including the material, technological aspect of projects.
5 It has drawn out the dynamics of their
actions and inter-relations, directly helping us understand the networks that form around all development projects.
And it has understood this as political activity, showing especially how this connects to project trajectories.
Limitations have been exposed. Some, such as the relatively schematic simplicity of description, must be lived with.
Others may be mitigated: through more explicit explanation of the axes of network strength, through addition of epistemic
exchange and through a more explicit consideration of politics and power. There is a potential that this can help make the
connection between development management and development politics, and we therefore encourage colleagues to
explore use of this framework, and other ANT-based devices and concepts, in further analysis of development projects.