{"product_id":"cultures-of-technology-and-the-quest-for-innovation-9781845451172","title":"Cultures of Technology and the Quest for","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tUnderlying the current dynamics of technological developments, their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options, promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable demand for novelty coincides with the rise of modern science and the onset of modernity in Western societies. Never before has the Baconian dream been so close to becoming reality: wrapped into a globalizing capitalism that seeks ever expanding markets for new products, artifacts and designs and new processes that lead to gains in efficiency, productivity and profit. However, approaching these developments through a wider historical and cultural perspectives, means to raise questions about the plurality of cultures, the interaction between \"hardware\" and \"software\" and about the nature of the interfaces where technology meets with economic, social, legal, historical constraints and opportunities. The authors come to the conclusion that inside a seemingly homogenous package and a seemingly universal quest for innovation many differences remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…a book that is fundamental to the understanding of technologically developed societies… Innovation matters. Culture matters. And only an understanding of the links between culture and innovation can help us make sense of the world we are building.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Technology and Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Quest for Innovation and Cultures of Technology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHelga Nowotny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Culture and Innovation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas P. Hughes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Unintended Consequences of Innovation: Change and Community at MIT\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRosalind Williams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Vulnerability of Technological Culture\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWiebe E. Bijker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: THE GENDER BIAS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eCulture of Gender, and Culture of Technology: The Gendering of Things in France’s Office Spaces between 1890 and 1930\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDelphine Gardey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Suspending Gender? Reflecting on Innovations in Cyberspace\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJudy Wajcman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: PLURALIST HISTORIES OF SCIENCE, INNOVATION, AND WAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Innovation, Diverse Knowledges, and the Presumed Singularity of Science\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn V. Pickstone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eScientists on the Battlefield: Cultures and Conflicts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJean-Jacques Salomon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: THE ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Prophecies of the Future to Incarnations of the Past: Cultures of Nuclear Technology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrick Kupper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Mining Industry in Traditional China: Intraand Intercultural Comparisons\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHans Ulrich Vogel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Interdisciplinarity and the Innovation Process How to Organize Spaces of Translation, or, the Politics of Innovation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoachim Nettelbeck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tContributors\u003cbr\u003e \tSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042964996439,"sku":"9781845451172","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845451172.jpg?v=1750956431","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultures-of-technology-and-the-quest-for-innovation-9781845451172","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}