Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and InnovationDominique Vinck, Eric Blanco MIT Press, 2003 - 247 páginas This volume 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 gives 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. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
The Genesis of a Design Aid Tool | 29 |
Installing Household Waste | 53 |
II | 77 |
III | 135 |
8 | 159 |
Revealing and Mediating Design | 177 |
Approaches to the Ethnography of Technologies | 203 |
Notes | 227 |
| 245 | |
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Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation Dominique Vinck Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation Dominique Vinck Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
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