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9780262512640: Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation
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ISBN 10 : 0262512645 ISBN 13 : 9780262512640
Editeur : MIT Press, 2009

Synopsis

A guide to the everyday working world of engineers, written by researchers trained in both engineering and sociology.

Everyday Engineering was written to help future engineers understand what they are going to be doing in their everyday working lives, so that they can do their work more effectively and with a broader social vision. It will also give sociologists deeper insights into the sociotechnical world of engineering. The book consists of ethnographic studies in which the authors, all trained in both engineering and sociology, go into the field as participant-observers. The sites and types of engineering explored include mechanical design in manufacturing industries, instrument design, software debugging, environmental management within companies, and the implementation of a system for separating household waste.

The book is organized in three parts. The first part introduces the complexity of technical practices. The second part enters the social and cultural worlds of designers to grasp their practices and motivations. The third part examines the role of writing practices and graphical representation. The epilogue uses the case studies to raise a series of questions about how objects can be taken into account in sociological analyses of human organizations.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dominique Vinck is Professor at Pierre Mendès-France University and at the Polytechnic National Institute of Grenoble. He is also a member of CRISTO, a research center associated with CNRS that focuses on sociotechnical innovation and industrial organizations.

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Éditeur
MIT Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262512645
ISBN 13 
9780262512640
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
247
Éditeur
Vinck Dominique
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780262220651: Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation

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ISBN 10 :  0262220652 ISBN 13 :  9780262220651
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2003
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