guess my issue is if these terms are used as metaphors the nature of the metaphor is not mentioned and explained but just assumed. also if meant as metonymies then that would need explanation, too. i find that often in soc sci literature they are used indiscriminately to denote anything which is
larger than the actual matter at hand in which the object or question is embedded. often these could be just named: databases, institutional dependencies, social groups, knowledge exchanges, associations, history of professional contacts etc.
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