The Seamless Web
Technology, Science, Etcetera, Etcetera
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11923726 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas P Hughes (0000-0002-5257-5063, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-292 |
| Publication date | 1986-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Studies of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306312786016002004 |
| OpenAlex | W2084580522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 157 |
| References cited | 3 |
Over the past two decades or so, historians of science have lamented the limitations of internalist history and celebrated the rise of contextual history. Historians of technology, however, have not accepted the location, by historians of science, of technology within the context of science. Historians of technology see an interaction, rather than contextual dependency. A few historians and sociologists of science and technology are now suggesting `networks' and `systems' as the preferred version of the interactive approach, with the interaction occurring not simply between science and technology, but also among a host of actors and institutions. Networks and systems eliminate many categories in favour of a `seamless web', which may lead to a new appreciation of the complex narrative style
Art · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · History · Philosophy
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Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies
Intensifying Mediatization
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Governing sustainability transitions through business model innovation
Acceptabilité sociale
Conceptualizing the Ambivalent Role of Technology in International Relations
The social dimension of domesticating technology
Nuevas herramientas para analizar dinámicas de participación en proyectos de desarrollo local
Tensionando el diseño de la política pública desde la planificación estratégica socio-técnica (Pest)
The development of social science research on smart grids
A água no sistema de saneamento convencional
A Framework for Epistemological Discussion on Integrated STEM Education
Rethinking Nature of STEM
Towards a typology of residential energy consumers
Resistance is Futile? Ceramic Technology and Social Change in Later Iron Age and Early Roman Britain
“Bigger than government”
Nanomedicine
An Institutional Approach to Technology
Digital divide and marginalized women during Covid-19
Data localization as contested and narrated security in the age of digital sovereignty
Celebrating Heterogeneity
Technical frames, flexibility, and online pressures in TV newsrooms
The Fragmentation of Plant and Food Biosecurity Research Networks
How to Inquire About Energy Transition Processes
Landscapes of Energies, a Perspective on the Energy Transition
Diskurs und Materialität
Tacit Networks, Heterogeneous Engineers, and Embodied Technology
Making Sense of Chaos
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Navigating value dynamics through daily work
El tejido como conocimiento, el conocimiento como tejido
Who’s Got the 7
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The Social' and Beyond
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Levers and Counterweights
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Technological change as a trade-off between social construction and technological paradigms
Engineering and Sociology in a Military Aircraft Project
Disaster or Sustainability
Revolutions
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Intervening in Politically Turbulent Cities
Urban infrastructures and sustainable social practices
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Models of technological change
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Beyond experiments
The Problem of Observing Sociotechnical Entities in Social Science and Humanities Energy Transition Research
Reinventing the global oil capital
Policy mixes for net-zero energy transitions
Disruption and low-carbon system transformation
Roles, responsibilities and capacities
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Towards a sustainable grid development regime? A comparison of British, Norwegian, and Swedish grid development
Industrializing theories
Reducing energy demand through low carbon innovation
Sustainability is not a thing
Integrating techno-economic, socio-technical and political perspectives on national energy transitions
Sociality and electricity in the United Kingdom
Technology and Global Affairs
Energy Technology, Politics, and Interpretative Frames
Building Biometrics
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Impactful co-design
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Water Systems Meeting Everyday Life
Embodied Harms
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| Unique citing works | 157 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,03 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2026 (40) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 153 |