Inside the politics of technology : agency and normativity in the co-production of technology and society / Hans Harbers, ed.

Date:
[2005], ©2005
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Publication/Creation

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2005], ©2005.

Physical description

308 pages ; 25 cm

Contributors

Contents

Introduction : co-production, agency, and normativity / Hans Harbers -- Back to the drawing board : inventing a sociology of technology / Cornelis Disco -- Artifacts as social agents / Philip Brey -- Diversity and distributed agency in the design and use of medical video-communication technologies / Nelly Oudshoorn, Margo Brouns, & Ellen van Oost -- Choices and choosing in cancer genetics / Dirk Stemerding & Annemiek Nelis -- Artifacts and attachment : a post-script philosophy of mediation / Peter-Paul Verbeek -- Art and technology playing leapfrog : a history and philosophy of technoèsis / Petran Kockelkoren -- Taking the socio-technical seriously : exploring the margins for change in the traffic and transport domain / Boelie Elzen -- Trapped in the duality of structure : an STS approach to engineering ethics / Tsjalling Swierstra & Jaap Jelsma -- The cultural politics of prenatal screening / Marcus Popkema & Hans Harbers -- Epilogue : political materials, material politics / Hans Harbers.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-291) and index.

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    Medical Collection
    T14.5 2005I56
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  • 9053567569