Essays about: "science and technology studies"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 256 essays containing the words science and technology studies.

  1. 16. Between a Rune Stone and a Hard Place: Deconstructing Mass Media Influence on Knowledge Production in Viking Age Archaeogenetic Publications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Kyle Koch; [2023]
    Keywords : History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The archaeological traditions of the Viking Age have a complex history. Some of it has been nationalist in orientation, at times constructing proud historical narratives reflecting ownership in and continuity of the past. READ MORE

  3. 17. Making a Mess : Sociomaterial collaboration in a library renovation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Joel Wranning; [2023]
    Keywords : Collaboration; digital humanities; actor-network theory; library and information science; organization studies; sociomateriality; library renovation;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the roles played by digital information and communication technologies in a Swedish public library’s three-year long renovation project. As a case study of technology-influenced collaboration in a cultural heritage institution, this study addresses a gap in digital humanities research on the practical details of sociotechnical collaboration, as well as a lack of documentation of an ongoing trend of renovations and rebuildings of Swedish public libraries. READ MORE

  4. 18. Imagining Arms : Rationality and the Sociotechnical Imaginary of Swedish Defense Requirements Engineering

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : John Welsh; [2023]
    Keywords : Requirements Engineering; Rationality; Science and Technology Studies; Sociotechnical Imaginaries; Defense Systems;

    Abstract : Despite significant efforts at improving requirements engineering in the development of military systems, defense procurement is still plagued by expensive, well-publicized failures. Central to requirements engineering is the concept of rationality – more reason is assumed to eventually ‘solve’ the problem of defense requirements engineering. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Rise of Automation Democratization: Robots of the People, by the People, for the People

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Meriem Moutawakil; Santiago Morales Costabile; [2023]
    Keywords : Democratization; Automation; RPA; Citizen developer; Technology;

    Abstract : The concept of automation democratization has been a subject of interest to many businesses for some time, however, it has received little attention in academia. This study aims to understand how citizen developers - non-IT experts given the right training and knowledge - experience automation democratization; and to investigate how their perception of automation is shaped by introducing the term "democratization". READ MORE

  6. 20. SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES OF LOCAL ENERGY TRANSITION:CO-PRODUCING LOCK-INS IN THE STUDY OF ENERGY COMMUNITY ON GOTLAND

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Orlando Loy; [2023]
    Keywords : Sociotechnical imaginaries; energy transition; energy community; Gotland; co-production; framework analysis; diffractive reading;

    Abstract : The emergence of energy communities entails the development of alternative energy systems, where consumers become active participants in the complex networks of material and semiotic actors. This paper looks at how local sociotechnical imaginaries are performed on island of Gotland, in Sweden. READ MORE