| Summary: | Tensions and paradoxes are inherent organizational moves. However, we know very little about how they are dealt with, in practice, and even lesser about the sociomateriality of such practices, especially with regards to the sociomaterial tools involved. The central argument of this paper is that non-humans are not mere intermediaries of (strictly) human interactions: they modify relations; they médiate situations (Hennion et Latour, 1993) and they are actors in the sense that they “make a difference” (Cooren, 2006, p. 82) in tensions. Due to various reasons, such tools are not being fully considered in the study of tensions. Moreover, many writings are biased toward one pole of the tension, ignoring the other. As a response to these observations, a framework is proposed to capture non-humans’ actions with regards to tensions. Greatly inspired by the “sociologie des épreuves”, it allows for the study of tensions with a sociomateriality- sensitive, practice perspective that allows for their acceptance.
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