Phasing-out, innovation through withdrawal
HUM-428 / 3 credits
Teacher: Vinck Dominique
Language: English
Remark: Une seule inscription à un cours SHS+MGT autorisée. En cas d'inscriptions multiples elles seront toutes supprimées sans notification. Student can work in French and English.
Summary
The aim of the course is to acquire the concepts and methods of Science and Technology Studies in order to learn how to decode the interweaving of science and technology in society by applying these elements to the general issues of innovation by withdrawal.
Content
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
Transversal skills
- Plan and carry out activities in a way which makes optimal use of available time and other resources.
- Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.
- Collect data.
- Write a scientific or technical report.
Supervision
| Office hours | No |
| Assistants | Yes |
| Forum | No |
Resources
Ressources en bibliothèque
- Vinck D. (2003), Everyday engineering. Everyday engineering. Ethnography of design and innovation.
- Vinck D. (1999), Ingénieurs au quotidien : ethnographie de l'activité de conception et d'innovation
- Vinck D. (2010). The sociology of scientific work
- Vinck D. (2007). Sciences et société : sociologie du travail scientifique
- Godin, B., Vinck, D. (eds.) (2017). Critical studies of innovation: Alternative approaches to the pro-innovation bias
- Godin, B., Gaglio, G., Vinck, D. (eds.) (2021). Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation
- Goulet F., Vinck D. (2022), Faire sans, faire avec moins. Les nouveaux horizons de l'innovation
- Kleinman, Daniel Lee; Moore, Kelly. (2014) Routledge handbook of science, technology and society
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In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 60
- Exam form: During the semester (winter session)
- Subject examined: Phasing-out, innovation through withdrawal
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: mandatory