Inside the Politics of Technology: Agency and Normativity in the Co-Production of Technology and Society

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2005

Inside the Politics of Technology

Agency and Normativity in the Co-Production of Technology and Society

Edited by: Hans Harbers

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048503841

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About this book

About the implications of this so-called 'co-production' of science, technology and society for our analytical as well as normative ideas about humanity, technology and the relations between both.

Author / Editor information

Hans Harbers is associate professor in the faculty of philosophy at the University of Groningen.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Open Access Download PDF	7
Introduction. Co-Production,Agency,and Normativity Hans Harbers Open Access Download PDF	9
The Distribution of Agency
Back to the Drawing Board Inventing a Sociology of Technology Cornelis Disco Open Access Download PDF	29
Artifacts as Social Agents Philip Brey Open Access Download PDF	61
Diversity and Distributed Agency in the Design and Use of Medical Video-Communication Technologies Nelly Oudshoorn, Margo Brouns and Ellen van Oost Open Access Download PDF	85
The Mediation of Agency
Choices and Choosing in Cancer Genetics Dirk Stemerding and Annemiek Nelis Open Access Download PDF	109
Artifacts and Attachment: A Post-Script Philosophy of Mediation Peter-Paul Verbeek Open Access Download PDF	125
Art and Technology Playing Leapfrog: A History and Philosophy of Technoèsis Petran Kockelkoren Open Access Download PDF	147
The Politics of Agency
Taking the Socio-Technical Seriously Exploring the Margins for Change in the Traffic and Transport Domain Boelie Elzen Open Access Download PDF	171
Trapped in the Duality of Structure: An STS Approach to Engineering Ethics Tsjalling Swierstra and Jaap Jelsma Open Access Download PDF	199
The Cultural Politics of Prenatal Screening Marcus Popkema and Hans Harbers Open Access Download PDF	229
Epilogue. Political Materials – Material Politics Hans Harbers Open Access Download PDF	257
References Open Access Download PDF	273
About the Authors Open Access Download PDF	293
Index of Names Open Access Download PDF	297
Index of Subjects Open Access Download PDF	303

Languages: English, English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Other: Illustrated

eBook

Published: August 2, 2005
ISBN: 9789048503841