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Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-06-06
Pages
87 pages
Abstract
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan Teknologisk Instituts ‘VelfærdsTeknologiVurdering’ (VTV) bliver taget til Japan. Vores analyse er baseret på et feltarbejde i Japan, hvor vi samarbejdede med de personer, der er involveret i transformationen af VTV'en, som de har omdøbt til ‘Assistive Technology Assessment Tool’ (ATAT). Formålet med vores undersøgelse har været at forstå, hvordan VTV’en betragtes, når den tages fra en dansk til en japansk kontekst. Derudover er vi interesseret i hvilke værdier og udfordringer modellen møder og bliver forbundet med, når den ses i relation til udvikling og implementering af pleje robotter. Til at undersøge dette har vi anvendt kvalitative interviews, deltagende observationer og workshops til at undersøge interessenters holdninger til ATAT’en. Derudover har vi selv anvendt ATAT’en på to kommunikations robotter, OriHime hos OryLab og Palro i Fujisoft. Ved at anvende tilgange fra STS og ‘situationsanalyse’ (Clarke 2005) finder vi frem til at VTV’ens relevans ses i lyset af politiske strategier for udviklingen og implementering af robotter i plejesektoren. VTV’ens relevans ses i lyset af, at konventionelle evalueringsmetoder i Japan kan være utilstrækkelige, da effekterne af robotternes samspil med mennesker er svære at måle og forudsige. Ved at bruge begrebet ‘grænse objekt’ (Griesemer & Leigh Star 1989), analyserer vi på hvordan implicerede interessenter betragter hvordan ATAT’en kan indgå i samarbejdet på tværs af dem, med det formål, at de kan præsentere deres erfaringer og oplevelser. Vi finder frem til, at fleksibilitet af ATAT’en er nødvendig for at sociale verdener med vidt forskellige synspunkter og ambitioner, kan bruge ATAT’en i deres kontekst. Vi mener, at begrebet ‘vurdering’ er medvirkende til at reducere modellens fleksibilitet, da begrebet i Japan er forbundet til forestillingen om at være i stand til at måle forudsigelige effekter. Vi argumenterer for, at modellen ikke indeholder svarene i sig selv og stadig har brug for yderligere tilpasninger. Ved at fokusere på situationen og omstændighederne, modellen befinder sig i, betragter vi ATAT’en som et vigtigt skridt i den rigtige retning. ATAT’en kan medvirke til, at beslutningstagere i højere grad forholder sig til implicerede interessenter, uforudsigeligheder og komplikationer ved implementering af ny teknologi i plejesektoren.
This thesis researches how the Danish welfare technology assessment model, ‘VelfærdsTeknologiVurdering’ (VTV), is brought to Japan. Our analysis is based on fieldwork in Japan, where we collaborated with the persons involved in the transformation of the VTV, which they have renamed, ‘Assistive Technology Assessment Tool’ (ATAT). The aim of our research has been to understand how the VTV is perceived when it is brought from a Danish to a Japanese context, and what kind of value and challenges it approaches in relation to developing and introducing care robots. Our methodology for studying this has been based on qualitative interviews, combined with participatory observations and workshops to understand stakeholders’ perceptions on the ATAT. Additionally, we have also got involved ourselves by trying to apply the ATAT on two communication robots, OriHime by OryLab and Palro by Fujisoft. With approaches from STS and ‘situational analysis’ (Clarke 2005), we find that the relevancy of the ATAT is perceived in the light of how the development and implementation of care robots are entangled in political strategies. The ATAT is seen as relevant, as the effects of the robots are too complex to be assessed by measuring delimited and predictable outcomes. By using the term ‘boundary object’ (Griesemer & Leigh Star 1989), we find that it can be challenging for the ATAT to function as a tool allowing many divergent perspectives to present their experiences to each other, and that flexibility is necessary. We experienced that the term ‘assessment’ can reduce the flexibility of the model, as it is linked to the conception of measuring predictable effects and assure quality. We argue that the model does not contain the answers in itself and still needs further adjustments. But the ATAT might be able to force decision-makers to relate more to implicated stakeholders and complications when implementing new technology in the care sector.
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