How is Technology Made?-That is the Question!
@article{Bijker2010HowIT,
title={How is Technology Made?-That is the Question!},
author={W. Bijker},
journal={Cambridge Journal of Economics},
year={2010},
volume={34},
pages={63-76}
}This article reviews constructivist technology studies, and especially the social construction of technology (SCOT). To investigate how these constructivist studies regard the ontology of technology, I will trace their historical development in units of analysis, methodological approaches and research questions. Constructivist technology studies are relativistic in only one sense: methodological. They are agnostic with respect to the ontology of technology. Constructivist studies of technology… CONTINUE READING
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