Abstract

Considering the debate opened by posthumanism, we propose the notion of veiled agencies to account for the operation from which the humanist based social theory has silenced and concealed the capacity of agency of both non-human entities and specific human groups. How can this process of concealment be overcome to restore action and meaning to materials, bodies and their relationships? The article advocates for a research praxis that, engaging with the contributions of posthumanism, creates an ontological opening with relevant ethical and scientific consequences.