Entanglements: Conversations on the Human Traces of Science, Technology, and Sound

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Simone Tosoni (Researcher, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart) Trevor Pinch (Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Professor of Sociology, Cornell University)

Entanglements

Conversations on the Human Traces of Science, Technology, and Sound

Simone Tosoni (Researcher, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart), Trevor Pinch (Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Professor of Sociology, Cornell University)

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MIT Press
11 November 2016

Impact of science & technology on society

Series: Entanglements

"Conversations with a founder of the influential Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) approach in science and technology studies offer an introduction to the field.

Science and technology studies (STS) is a relatively young but influential field. Scholars from disciplines as diverse as urban studies, mobility studies, media studies, and body culture studies are engaging in a systematic dialogue with STS, seeking to enrich their own investigations. Within STS, the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) theory has proved to be one of the most influential in its neighboring fields. Yet the literature has grown so large so quickly, it is difficult to get an overview of SCOT. In this book, conversations with Trevor Pinch, a founder of SCOT, offer an introduction and genealogy for the field.

Pinch was there at the creation-as coauthor of the groundbreaking 1984 article that launched SCOT-and has remained active through subsequent developments. Engaging and conversational, Pinch charts SCOT's important milestones. The book describes how Pinch and Wiebe Bijker adapted the ""empirical program of relativism,"" developed by the Bath School to study the social construction of scientific facts, to apply to the social construction of artifacts. Entanglements addresses five issues in depth- relevant social groups, and SCOT's focus on groups of users; the intertwining of social representation and practices; the importance of tacit knowledge in SCOT's approach to the nonrepresentational; the controversy over nonhuman agency; and the political implications of SCOT."

By: Simone Tosoni (Researcher Catholic University of the Sacred Heart)
With: Trevor Pinch (Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Professor of Sociology Cornell University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780262035279
ISBN 10: 0262035278
Series: Entanglements
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 11 November 2016
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simone Tosoni is a Researcher at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. Trevor Pinch is Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University and coeditor of The Social Construction of Technological Systems- New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology (anniversary edition, MIT Press).

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Entanglements

Conversations on the Human Traces of Science, Technology, and Sound

Simone Tosoni (Researcher, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart), Trevor Pinch (Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Professor of Sociology, Cornell University)

$85

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