) critiqued their homogeneity and poor ability to enhance our understanding of accounting. Knowledge claims articulated, claims … had failed at explaining the determinants of accounting situations and practices. These two critiques called for … alternative cultural/diversity studies in accounting research, promoting new settings, theoretical frameworks, and methods. In …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the sociology-of-science type of accounting literature …, addressing how accounting knowledge is established, advanced and extended. Design/methodology/approach – The research question is … answered through the example of research into linkages between accounting and religion. Adopting an actor-network theory (ANT …