The legal dwelling
How Norwegian research engineers domesticate construction law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12973409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liana Müller (0000-0003-4571-7593, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-98 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Engineering Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-8629 • E-ISSN: 1940-8374 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19378629.2014.1001396 |
| OpenAlex | W2028196481 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
The considerable amount of energy spent on the construction, maintenance, and demolition of buildings draws attention to sustainable development in the construction sector. Regarded as both tools and frameworks, laws are expected to sustain and speed technological innovation. With the STS (Science and Technology Studies) theory of domestication and in-depth interviews with building researchers studying zero emission buildings in Norway, I discuss the role of research engineers in the domestication of law, that is, the translation of European Directives for building codes and technical requirements, and the mediation of these legal frameworks for industry and practitioners. I classify two main and opposing ways of domesticating the law in ‘inside-the-box’ and ‘outside-the-box’ approaches. The domestication of law accounts for numerous aspects and thus simultaneously becomes a technological, cultural, political and legislative activity. The paper contributes to a better understanding of the legislative roles of research engineers
Architectural engineering · Civil engineering · Demolition · Domestication · Engineering ethics · Legislature · Mediation · Political science · Sociology · Engineering · Law · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Ecology
Networks of Power
Open Standards and the Digital Age
Standards
Design and the Domestication of Information and Communication Technologies
The Interrelationships between Building Regulations and Architects' Practices
Consuming Technologies
Sorting Things Out
Modularity
Domestication Analysis, Objects of Study, and the Centrality of Technologies in Everyday Life
Doing environmental concerns in consulting engineering
Navigating standards – constituting engineering practices – how do engineers in consulting environments deal with standards
Industrial Legislatures”
How Nations Choose Product Standards and Standards Change Nations
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2020 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |