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The Question of Technology, or How Organizations Inscribe the World
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Abstract The paper relates technology studies to organization research and examines the technology-as-text metaphor. The study of organization is incomplete as long as tangible technology remains in its blind spot. Linguistic metaphors and analogues, while capturing and indeed amplifying much of received und... view more
The paper relates technology studies to organization research and examines the technology-as-text metaphor. The study of organization is incomplete as long as tangible technology remains in its blind spot. Linguistic metaphors and analogues, while capturing and indeed amplifying much of received understandings of technology, succeed only partially in repairing the situation. The image of the palimpsest is used to highlight this critique and to visualize ways out. Thus, while the paper‚s main concern is to bring back technology to the study of organization, a specific approach to the study of technology is also argued for.... view less
Keywords
sociology of technology; science studies; Latour, B.; standard; social norm; technology studies; engineering; institutionalization; organization research; technology
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
inscription; material culture; materialization
Document language
English
Publication Year
1998
Page/Pages
p. 363-385
Journal
Organization studies: an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the study of organizations, organizing, and the organized in and between societies, 19 (1998) 3
ISSN
0170-8406
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed