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Author Lanzara, Giovan Francesco, 1946- author.

Title Shifting practices : reflections on technology, practice, and innovation / Giovan Francesco Lanzara.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages).
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Acting with technology
Acting with technology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary What happens in an established practice or work setting when a novel artifact or tool for doing work changes the familiar work routines? Any unexpected event, or change, or technological innovation creates a discontinuity; organizations and individuals must reframe taken-for-granted assumptions and practices and reposition themselves. To study innovation as a phenomenon, then, we must search for situations of discontinuity and rupture and explore them in depth. In Shifting Practices, Giovan Francesco Lanzara does just that, and discovers that disruptions and discontinuities caused by the introduction of new technologies often reveal aspects of practice not previously observed. After discussing methodological and research issues, Lanzara presents two in-depth studies focusing on processes of design and innovation in two different practice settings: music education and criminal justice. In the first, he works with the music department of a major American university to develop Music LOGO, a computer system that allows students to explore musical structures with simple, composition-like exercises and experiments. In the second, he works with the Italian court system in the design and use of video technology for criminal trials. In both cases, drawing on anecdotes and examples as well as theory and analysis, he traces the new systems from design through implementation and adoption. Finally, Lanzara considers the researcher's role, and the relationship -- encompassing empathy, vulnerability, and temporality -- between the reflective researcher and actors in the practice setting.
Contents Studying innovation as a phenomenon -- Making music in the digital medium: a reflective inquiry into the design of a computer music system for music education -- Encountering video technology in judicial practice: experiments and inquiries in the courtroom -- Further inquiries into shifting practices.
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Subject Technological innovations -- Case studies.
Technological innovations.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Technology -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Music -- Instruction and study -- Data processing.
Music -- Instruction and study -- Data processing.
Music -- Instruction and study.
Computer music.
Computer music.
Genre/Form Computer music.
Subject Video tapes in court proceedings.
Video tapes in court proceedings.
Indexed Term SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
BUSINESS/Management
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Druck-Ausgabe
Print version: Lanzara, Giovan Francesco, 1946- Shifting practices. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016] 9780262034456 (DLC) 2015039705 (OCoLC)933211451
ISBN 9780262332309 (electronic book)
0262332302 (electronic book)
9780262034456
026203445X