Sökning: "science and technology studies STS"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 42 avhandlingar innehållade orden science and technology studies STS.

  1. 1. Geographies of eHealth: Studies of Healthcare at a Distance

    Författare :Jesper Petersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; eHealth; telehealthcare; Actor-network theory; space; information and communication technology; Governmentality;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the proliferation of healthcare services using information and communication technology to overcome spatial and temporal obstacles. These services are given such names as telemedicine and telecare, which are sometimes grouped together as telehealthcare under the umbrella term eHealth. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Tekniker i människans tjänst : En feministisk analys av återskapande och förändring inom forskning på inflytelserik teknik

    Författare :Åsa Johansson Palmkvist; Anna Wahl; Charlotte Holgersson; Ericka Johnson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Artificial intelligence; AI; influential technology; technology development; feminist theory; gender; gendering; norms; ideals; technical competence; science and technology studies; organization studies; Artificiell intelligens; AI; inflytelserik teknik; teknikutveckling; feministisk teori; genus; kön; könsmärkning; normer; ideal; teknisk kompetens; teknik- och vetenskapsstudier; organisationsforskning; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis takes its starting point in the massive attention paid to artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, especially the reporting on how AI maintains and reinforces power imbalances linked to gender and other categories. The aim is to examine and problematize relations between influential technology and gender from a feminist perspective. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Gender, Technology and Knowledge

    Författare :Sara Goodman; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Studies of Science and Technolgy STS ; Sweden; Gender; sociology; computerization; globalization; gender and work; gender division of labor; midwifery; midwives; India; reproductive technology; globalisation;

    Sammanfattning : During the last 15 years questions concerning gender, technology and knowledge, have become increasingly recognized as central to the field of the sociology of technology. Nonetheless, critical questions remain unanswered. These issues are addressed here through investigations of the relationship between gender, work, knowledge and technology. LÄS MER

  5. 4. A Socio-Material Study of User Involvement : Interrogating the practices of technology development for older people in a digitalised world

    Författare :Björn Fischer; Britt Östlund; Alexander Peine; Steve Woolgar; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; User involvement; Older People; Participation; Socio-material Conditions; Enactment; Ontology; Configuring; Ageing and Technology; Ethnography; Method and Design Practice; Användarinvolvering; Äldre Människor; Delaktighet; Sociomateriella förhållanden; Enactment; Ontologi; Konfigurering; Åldrande och Teknik; Etnografi; Metod och Designpraktik; Technology and Health; Teknik och hälsa;

    Sammanfattning : Population ageing and increased digitalization each constitute an ongoing and profound transformation within contemporary modes of living, as growing advances in technological development mix and intermingle with the lived realities of older people as the final recipients. It is against the backdrop of this interplay that user involvement has enjoyed ever-rising advocacy to an almost normative degree. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Smart, Fast and Beautiful : On Rhetoric of Technology and Computing Discourse in Sweden 1955-1995

    Författare :Magnus Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :rhetoric of technology; computing history; technological discourse; technological frame; actor network; STS; social construction; computerisation; information technology; computer science; government policy; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : Ever since the computer was introduced some 50 years ago, its role in society has been increasing. From being a tool for scientists and technicians, the computer has become a concern for everyone. Different actors engaged in introducing — or denouncing — this technology, have used many strong words for winning others to the cause. LÄS MER