Phasing-out, innovation through withdrawal
HUM-428 / 3 credits
Teacher(s): Bühler Viredaz Nolwenn Karin, Jaton Florian Lucas
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.
Content
During the fall semester, this course introduces a series of key notions (path dependence, enrolment, technoscientific promise, etc.) in the sociology of innovation. During the spring semester, students are asked to mobilize these notions to describe innovations in the making.
Keywords
Innovation
Sociology
Anthropology
History of Science and Technology
Science & Technology Studies
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
None
Recommended courses
STS A
Important concepts to start the course
Sociology
Science & Technology Studies
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Conduct a study on a scientific or technical innovation in the making
- Apply the fundamentals of qualitative inquiry to the chosen object or theme
- Describe the socio-technical networks at work and their transformations
- Interpret the data collected in the study
- Construct an informed view of the interactions between science, technology and society
- Contextualise the situation under study
- Compare the study with the state of the art in the sociological literature
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.
Teaching methods
Ex cathedra teaching
Group work and exercise
Supervision
| Office hours | No |
| Assistants | Yes |
| Forum | No |
Resources
Bibliography
A bibliography and recommendations for further reading will be provided by the teachers during the course sessions.
Ressources en bibliothèque
- Vinck D. (1999), Ingénieurs au quotidien : ethnographie de l'activité de conception et d'innovation
- 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
- Vinck D. (2003), Everyday engineering. Everyday engineering. Ethnography of design and 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
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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
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: mandatory