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The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other
The need for an integrated social constructivist approach towards the study of science and technology is outlined. Within such a programme both scientific facts and technological artefacts are to be…
The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology
- W. Bijker, T. P. Hughes, T. Pinch
- History
- 1 July 1989
This pioneering book, first published in 1987, launched the new field of social studies of technology. It introduced a method of inquiry--social construction of technology, or SCOT--that became a key…
How users matter : The co-construction of users and technologies
- N. Oudshoorn, T. Pinch
- Art
- 2003
Users have become an integral part of technology studies. The essays in this volume look at the creative capacity of users to shape technology in all phases, from design to implementation. Using a…
To have and to hold: exploring the personal archive
- Jofish Kaye, J. Vertesi, T. Pinch
- HistoryInternational Conference on Human Factors in…
- 22 April 2006
This paper describes a study of forty-eight academics and the techniques and tools they use to manage their digital and material archiving of papers, emails, documents, internet bookmarks, correspondence, and other artifacts, and presents two sets of results.
Users as agents of technological change : The social construction of the automobile in the rural United States
L'automobile a certes transforme la societe rurale aux Etats-Unis, mais l'A. demontre egalement que les fermiers ont participe a la construction de l'automobile en soumettant des idees de…
The Invisible Technologies of Goffman's Sociology From the Merry-Go-Round to the Internet
- T. Pinch
- Sociology
- 20 May 2010
Erving Goffman is not usually thought of as sociologist of technology. In this paper I argue that Goffman's early studies are replete with materiality and technologies. By paying more attention to…
Sociomateriality is 'the New Black': Accomplishing repurposing, reinscripting and repairing in context
- P. Jarzabkowski, T. Pinch
- Sociology
- 1 December 2013
This paper addresses the trend towards sociomateriality in the social sciences generally and management and organization studies specifically with a critique of two main approaches: affordances and…
Technology and institutions: living in a material world
- T. Pinch
- Art
- 10 July 2008
This article addresses the relationship between technology and institutions and asks whether technology itself is an institution. The argument is that social theorists need to attend better to…
How users and non-users matter
- N. Oudshoorn, T. Pinch
- Sociology
- 1 November 2003
"Testing - One, Two, Three ... Testing!": Toward a Sociology of Testing
- T. Pinch
- Sociology
- 1 January 1993
This article explores testing as research site in the sociology of technology. A fully generalizable analysis is offered of testing in terms of a notion of projection. Prospective, current, and…
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