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1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Acting with technology
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Acting with technology.
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Technological innovations -- Case studies.
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Technological innovations. |
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Case studies.
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Technology -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Technology -- Social aspects. |
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Music -- Instruction and study -- Data processing.
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Music -- Instruction and study -- Data processing. |
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Music -- Instruction and study. |
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Computer music.
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Computer music. |
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Computer music.
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Video tapes in court proceedings.
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Video tapes in court proceedings. |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
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BUSINESS/Management |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Druck-Ausgabe |
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Print version: Lanzara, Giovan Francesco, 1946- Shifting practices. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016] 9780262034456 (DLC) 2015039705 (OCoLC)933211451 |
ISBN |
9780262332309 (electronic book) |
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0262332302 (electronic book) |
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9780262034456 |
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026203445X |
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