Sociomaterial Construction of Users - 3d Printing and the Digitalization of the Prosthetics Industry

This book explores the intricate connections that link the current digitalization of manufacturing to our daily lives and identities as members of highly technologized societies.

List of contents

1. Introduction: How Do User Roles Change in Digitalizing Industries? 2. Theoretical Foundations of Industrial User Construction 3. Methods for Studying Industrial User Construction 4. Designing Technology: User Representation and Inscription 5. Distributing Technology: Mediation between Industry and Users 6. Using Technology: Between Re-Interpretation and Re-Inscription 7. Digitalization and the Future of Use

About the author

David Seibt is a post-doctoral research associate at the Institute of Sociology, Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

Summary

This book explores the intricate connections that link the current digitalization of manufacturing to our daily lives and identities as members of highly technologized societies.

Product details

• Authors: David Seibt, David (Technical University of Berlin Seibt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032217215
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221721-5
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Organizational theory & behaviour, Orthopaedics & fractures, Disability: social aspects, Sociology: work & labour, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour, Surgical orthopaedics and fractures