Anthropology, Ergonomics, and Technology Transfers
Some Methodological Perspectives in Light of a Guinean Project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14834389 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philippe Geslin (Anthropology Department, La Sorbonne University, Columbia University, New York) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 23-27 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.23.4.781122w727882867 |
| OpenAlex | W2087217159 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The fact that technologies are social productions is a reason why their transfers may be a field of interest for applied anthropologists. Since the 1930's, France has been a country where research into the ethnology of technologies has been institutionalized, in the Musée de l'Homme in Paris as well as at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in the laboratory called "Techniques et Culture." In this line of research, technology is no longer considered a phenomenon completely detached from the social environment. On the contrary, it is closely tied to other social phenomena. Although the study of technologies in anthropology is sometimes considered a "poor relation" to anthropology, some anthropologists have generated a solid base of experience in sociological description and analysis of technologies and technical systems
Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Field research · Phenomenon · Relation (database · Social science · Sociological research · Sociology · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diverse multidisciplinary academic research · French Urban and Social Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |