Julian E Orr
Biographic Data
| ID | 79833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julian E Orr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julian E |
| FAMILY NAME | Orr |
| SIGNATURE | ORR J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Xerox Palo Alto Research Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 259 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in the United States
The Future of Work: Present Auguries
Reconstructing Technologies as Social Practice
This article provides an overview of a research program developed over the past 20 years to explore relations between everyday practices and technology design and use. The studies highlighted reflect three interrelated lines of inquiry: (a) critical analyses of technical discourses and practices, (b) ethnographies of work and technologies-in-use, and (c) design interventions. Starting from the premise that technologies can be assessed only in the…
Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in U.S. Settings
Images of Work
The ways in which work gets done are observably different from the ways in which those in positions of responsibility talk about that work or from the ways in which the organizational and business literature portrays work. The ethnographic study of work focuses on work practice, on what is actually done, and on how those doing the work make sense of their practice, but this is rarely part of either corporate or organizational discourse about work…
Talking About Machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job
Talking about machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job
THIS IS A STORY OF HOW WORK GETS DONE. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how that talk is instrumental in their success. In this innovative ethnography, Julian E. Orr studies the people who repair photocopiers and shares vignettes from their daily lives. He characterizes their work as a continuous highly skilled improvisation within a triangular relationship of technician, customer, and machine. The wor…
Contested Knowledge
Talking about machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job
THIS IS A STORY OF HOW WORK GETS DONE. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how that talk is instrumental in their success. In this innovative ethnography, Julian E. Orr studies the people who repair photocopiers and shares vignettes from their daily lives. He characterizes their work as a continuous highly skilled improvisation within a triangular relationship of technician, customer, and machine. The wor…
Reconstructing Technologies as Social Practice
This article provides an overview of a research program developed over the past 20 years to explore relations between everyday practices and technology design and use. The studies highlighted reflect three interrelated lines of inquiry: (a) critical analyses of technical discourses and practices, (b) ethnographies of work and technologies-in-use, and (c) design interventions. Starting from the premise that technologies can be assessed only in the…
Images of Work
The ways in which work gets done are observably different from the ways in which those in positions of responsibility talk about that work or from the ways in which the organizational and business literature portrays work. The ethnographic study of work focuses on work practice, on what is actually done, and on how those doing the work make sense of their practice, but this is rarely part of either corporate or organizational discourse about work…
Talking About Machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job
Contested Knowledge
Contested Knowledge
Talking about machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job
THIS IS A STORY OF HOW WORK GETS DONE. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how that talk is instrumental in their success. In this innovative ethnography, Julian E. Orr studies the people who repair photocopiers and shares vignettes from their daily lives. He characterizes their work as a continuous highly skilled improvisation within a triangular relationship of technician, customer, and machine. The wor…
Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in U.S. Settings
Images of Work
The ways in which work gets done are observably different from the ways in which those in positions of responsibility talk about that work or from the ways in which the organizational and business literature portrays work. The ethnographic study of work focuses on work practice, on what is actually done, and on how those doing the work make sense of their practice, but this is rarely part of either corporate or organizational discourse about work…
Talking About Machines: An Ethnography of a Modern Job
Reconstructing Technologies as Social Practice
This article provides an overview of a research program developed over the past 20 years to explore relations between everyday practices and technology design and use. The studies highlighted reflect three interrelated lines of inquiry: (a) critical analyses of technical discourses and practices, (b) ethnographies of work and technologies-in-use, and (c) design interventions. Starting from the premise that technologies can be assessed only in the…
The Future of Work: Present Auguries
Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in the United States
Sociology (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Craft (2 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works)