**7.5 Dismantling technocentric assumptions and power relations**

ANT brings to the surface the technocentric assumption that transparency is always desirable by all actors. Power changes that are often not easily given up without resistance occur naturally. ANT, therefore, allows for a balanced implementation approach that considers the important social, political and technical negotiations that accompany the introduction of transformative digital technologies. The challenge of studying the introduction of new technologies in a highly institutionalised field of land registration, and especially in emerging economies such as Sudan, brings to the surface strong power, cultural and social structures that enable and constrain human action.
