Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change

Meikle, Jeffrey L.; Bijker, Wiebe E.

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“…Within the information practices literature, information tools are viewed as sociotechnical constructs and are defined as “artefacts for creating, recording, organizing, storing, manipulating, and sharing information” (Nathan, 2012, p. 2256, citing Kling et al, 2005). Information systems, on the other hand, is a broader label for “the complicated array of social and cultural practices and the political and technical infrastructures required for information tools to ‘work’” (Nathan, 2012, p. 2256, citing Bijker, 1995; Latour, 1992; Suchman, 1987). Information practices can emerge from “our interactions with information tools,” by becoming “identifiable, discernable patterns of behavior,” and these tools and practices are “heavily interdependent” (Nathan, 2012, p. 2256).…”

Section: Surveillance As Information Practicementioning

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Surveillance as information practice

Newell

2023

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Surveillance, as a concept and social practice, is inextricably linked to information. It is, at its core, about information extraction and analysis conducted for some regulatory purpose. Yet, information science research only sporadically leverages surveillance studies scholarship, and we see a lack of sustained and focused attention to surveillance as an object of research within the domains of information behavior and social informatics. Surveillance, as a range of contextual and culturally based social practices defined by their connections to information seeking and use, should be framed as information practice—as that term is used within information behavior scholarship. Similarly, manifestations of surveillance in society are frequently perfect examples of information and communications technologies situated within everyday social and organizational structures—the very focus of social informatics research. The technological infrastructures and material artifacts of surveillance practice—surveillance technologies—can also be viewed as information tools. Framing surveillance as information practice and conceptualizing surveillance technologies as socially and contextually situated information tools can provide space for new avenues of research within the information sciences, especially within information disciplines that focus their attention on the social aspects of information and information technologies in society.

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Section: Surveillance As Information Practicementioning

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Surveillance as information practice

Newell

2023

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“…The dominant social groups that also contribute to patterning of technological development are firms, institutions, policy-makers, users, special interest groups, etc. [78,79]. Each of these groups is both independent and interacting with each other, but on the other hand, because they have their own distinctive features and environment, they have relative autonomy.…”

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Barriers to and Drivers of Energy Management in Swedish SMEs

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The energy efficiency gap is known as the difference between optimal level of energy efficiency and the actual level of achieved energy efficiency. Energy management has proven to further close the energy efficiency gap. Energy management may differ depending on whether it concerns a large, energy-intensive company or small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are of high interest since they form a large share of the economy today. For SMEs, a lighter form of energy management, in the form of energy efficiency network participation, has proven to deliver sound energy efficiency impact, while for larger, energy-intensive firms, a certified energy management system may be more suitable. However, various barriers inhibit adoption of energy efficiency measures. While there is an array of research on barriers to and driving forces for energy efficiency in general, research on barriers to, and driving forces for, energy management is rare, one exception being a study of energy-intensive pulp and paper mills. This holds even more so for industrial SMEs. This paper aims to identify the barriers to, and drivers for, energy management in manufacturing SMEs. Results of this explorative study show that the top four barriers to energy management are lack of time/other priorities, non-energy-related working tasks are prioritized higher, slim organization, and lack of internal expert competences, i.e., mainly organizational barriers. The top four drivers for energy management are to reduce production waste, participation in energy efficiency networks, cost reduction from lower energy use, and commitment from top management. Furthermore, results show that energy management among the studied SMEs seems to not be as mature, even though the companies participated in an energy management capacity building program in the form of energy efficiency networks, which, in turn, shows a still largely untapped potential in the societal aim to reduce the energy efficiency and management gaps. The main contribution of this paper is a first novel attempt to explore barriers to, and drivers for, energy management among SMEs.

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“…This is because, despite the good intentions of R&D teams, and the relevance of the proposals, developing and implementing technologies for social inclusion is far from easy. The survey and analysis of experiences from Argentina and Brazil clearly show that many of them have been discontinued, or have caused significant undesirable effects, while many of them have failed (see for example: [43], [44], [45]. 8 According to these authors, the biggest problem may be summarised as what might be called -specificintervention technologies‖.…”

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Technologies for social inclusion in Latin America. Analysing opportunities and constraints; problems and solutions in Argentina and Brazil

Thomas

Fressoli

2011

2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy

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Brazil and Argentina have managed to grow almost continuously since 2003 and to sustain partial improvements in a number of social indicators: poverty, unemployment, access to basic services, and primary education. At the same time, Argentina and Brazil have increased their R&D expenditure and set new priorities as regards training of human resources in Science and Technology.However, this scenario contrasts with the persisting inequality in income distribution, as well as with the persisting structural shortcomings (decent housing, transport, access to sanitation services, power and environmental problems, etc.). This contrast raise questions over the relation between S&T policy strategies and its effects on social inclusion: Are current welfare policies sufficient for eliminating social exclusion? Which role does Science and Technology policy play in solving social problems? And, more importantly: Is it possible to propose alternative social-inclusion strategies? Is it possible to turn locally generated scientific and technological knowledge into feasible solutions for the region? This paper will undertake a critical analysis of the strategies for fighting social exclusion currently applied in Latin America with regard to Science and Technology policy and the local production of technologies aimed at social inclusion.

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Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change

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Barriers to and Drivers of Energy Management in Swedish SMEs

Technologies for social inclusion in Latin America. Analysing opportunities and constraints; problems and solutions in Argentina and Brazil

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