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Technology in Action - Recursive Social Processes of Organizing Grid Technology Development
Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
01 October 2005
End Date
30 September 2006
Status
completed
Keywords
innovation
organization studies
actor network theory
social constructionism
technology
case study
Grid
CERN
Description
Innovation is a social achievement. This project sets out to investigate the recursive social processes of organizing in the stabilization of Grid technology. The Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) school suggest technological ‘facts' as socially constructed. Actor network theory (ANT) furthermore suggests innovation as the outcome of such social construction in terms of "translating" the concerns of relevant social groups as well as of material artefacts to the innovation network. Thus, the study examines the discursive, symbolic and artifactual practices of translation by means of the empirical case of Grid development at CERN in Geneva.
Leader contributor(s)
Member contributor(s)
Partner(s)
CERN Geneva, Enabling Grids for E-Science Project (EC FP6 funded)
Funder(s)
Range
School
Range (De)
School
Division(s)
Eprints ID
22038
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PublicationType: conference paper
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PublicationLost in translation: Actor network theory in organization studies( 2006-07-06)
;Toennesen, Christian ;Molloy, EamonnType: conference paper