Thinking digitization as an ongoing process
Author
Noer, Naphtali Normann
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2018
Submitted on
2018-03-15
Pages
65
Abstract
Denne afhandling bruger ideer fra Science and Technology Studies (STS) – et felt, der undersøger, hvordan videnskab, teknologi og samfund former hinanden – til at udfordre udbredte antagelser om, hvordan innovation foregår i dag. Afhandlingen flytter fokus væk fra forestillingen om én dominerende, lineær udviklingsretning og argumenterer for en antropologisk tilgang, hvor innovation undersøges i sin sociale og kulturelle sammenhæng. Mennesker, teknologier og sociale ordninger ses som medskabende: de påvirker og bliver formet af hinanden. Derfor forstås innovation ikke som et forløb med klar start og slutning, men som en vedvarende proces i flere retninger. Dette perspektiv fremhæver, at det er vigtigt at inddrage grupper og fællesskaber, som ellers ikke naturligt bliver en del af teknologiske udviklingsprocesser. Afhandlingen viser, hvorfor antropologiske metoder er nødvendige for at skabe denne bredere inddragelse og for at bringe disse gruppers praksisser og erfaringer i spil.
This thesis draws on ideas from Science and Technology Studies (STS)—a field that examines how science, technology, and society shape one another—to challenge common assumptions about how innovation happens today. It shifts attention away from the notion of a single, linear path of development and argues for an anthropological approach that studies innovation in its social and cultural context. Humans, technologies, and social arrangements are treated as co-constitutive: each influences and is shaped by the others. Innovation is therefore understood not as a sequence with a clear beginning and end, but as an ongoing, multi-directional process. From this perspective, it becomes crucial to involve people and communities who are usually left out of technological projects. The thesis shows why anthropological methods are needed to enable this broader inclusion and to bring these groups’ practices and experiences into development.
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Keywords
Innovation ; Teknologi ; Proces ; Antropologi ; Etnografi ; feltarbejde ; Deltager observation ; SCOT ; Postfænomenologi ; Digitalisering ; Optimering ; Indragelse ; Industri 4.0 ; Teknoantropologi ; STS ; Interview ; Kvalitativ metode
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