Placing Globalizing Technologies

Telemedicine and the Making of Difference

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2321886
AutoresKari Dyb (0000-0003-4555-3891, University Hospital of Northern Norway, autor de correspondencia), Halford (0000-0001-5102-1790, University of Southampton, autor de correspondencia), Susan Halford (University of Southampton)
Año2009
Volumen43
Número2
Páginas232-249
Fecha de publicación2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038508101163
OpenAlexW2054185300
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas27

The development and proliferation of new information and communication technologies has generated some profound claims about the erasure of place. Whilst these claims have continued political and policy resonance, they are increasingly challenged in sociological debate, which emphasizes the persistence of the local. Following this lead, our article explores relations between technology and place. We develop our understanding through engagement with Science and Technology Studies, Actor Network Theory and geographical conceptualizations of place. Our argument is worked through a new empirical study of telemedicine, where new technologies are applied precisely to overcome place. Our analysis is that, on the contrary, empirical outcomes are legible only through the lens of place. This has important policy implications and broader implications for thinking about technology in contemporary debates about globalization

Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Globalization · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law · Media Studies and Communication