The sociomaterial lens within IS research holds that agency should not be considered as a property solely of humans, or of technology, but instead arises from an emergent interaction between the two. This, emergent, account of agency deepens our understanding of unfolding IS practice, but its largely cognitive orientation remains naïve towards affectively-sensed motivations that also form part of this interaction. By implication, a sociomaterial perspective lacking an affective dimension offers an incomplete conceptualisation of information systems. In response, an affectively-informed encourages IS researchers to extend their focus beyond the visible, to encompass how actors' receptiveness towards material objects (discourses, technologies) is shaped by deep, affectively-derived motivations of which they are not focally aware, but which nonetheless acquire agency in contributing to a sociomaterial outcome. A central argument, and illustrative empirical vignette, demonstrate how the concepts of sociomateriality, affect, and negative ontology combine to offer researchers an enhanced understanding of relational agency. A discussion follows, exploring some initial ontological, epistemological and methodological implications of an affectively-informed negative ontology for IS research.

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影响和关系代理：负面本体论如何拓宽我们对 IS 研究的理解

信息系统研究中的社会物质视角认为，代理不应被视为人类或技术独有的财产，而应源于两者之间的紧急互动。这种对能动性的新兴解释加深了我们对正在展开的 IS 实践的理解，但其很大程度上的认知取向对于情感感知的动机仍然是天真的，而情感感知的动机也构成了这种互动的一部分。言外之意，缺乏情感维度的社会物质视角提供了信息系统的不完整概念化。作为回应，情感知情者鼓励信息系统研究人员将他们的注意力扩展到可见之外，涵盖行动者对物质对象（话语、技术）的接受度是如何由他们没有集中意识到的深层的、情感衍生的动机所塑造的。尽管如此，它们仍然获得了为社会物质成果做出贡献的代理权。一个中心论点和说明性的经验小插曲，展示了社会物质性、情感和消极本体论的概念如何结合起来，为研究人员提供对关系代理的加深理解。接下来的讨论探讨了情感信息消极本体论对 IS 研究的一些初步本体论、认识论和方法论影响。