Technical Problematisation
A Democratic Way to Deal with Contested Projects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19106599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yannick Barthe (Yannick Barthe, EHESS/CNRS, Paris, France., corresponding author), Morgan Meyer (0000-0003-4006-9347), Göran Sundqvist (0000-0001-8120-1629, Göran Sundqvist, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-22 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0971721821995584 |
| OpenAlex | W3164537697 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
A strong social and technical divide is particularly visible in the predominant understanding of technological innovation in modern societies. The field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) aims to overcome this divide, by focusing on the continuously entwined relationships between the social and the technical, that is, sociotechnical combinations. In this article, we argue that while it is reasonable to state that the social and the technical are entangled, it should be acknowledged that some issues are dealt with solutions that are more technical than others. A technical problematisation (the definition of an issue as a problem that is treated via a technical solution) is different to a social problematisation (the definition of an issue as a problem that is treated via a social solution) of the same issue. Our discussion is built upon examples from nuclear waste management, where the social–technical divide has been strong. However, more recently there has been a push for more democracy in technical decision making in this area, with much experimentation on public participation taking place. The only way these activities will successfully support such a democratising process is for them to be integrated into a renewed and explicitly acknowledged technical problematisation of proposed solutions
Democracy · Knowledge management · Management science · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sociotechnical system · Technical communication · Technical progress · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Mathematics · Risk Perception and Management
The Radiance of France
Of bicycles, bakelites, and bulbs
The Social shaping of technology
Struggles and Negotiations to Define What is Problematic and What is Not
Misunderstanding Science
States of Knowledge
Risk Communication under Post-feminism
Framing nuclear waste as a political issue in France
Technological Fix or Divisible Object of Collective Concern? Histories of Conflict over the Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Sweden and France
Creating Public Alienation
The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts
Technologies of Humility
Containing the Atom
Acting in an uncertain world
Pandora's hope
Framing
The Construction of Lay Expertise
Making Pure Science and Pure Politics
Agency at the Time of the Anthropocene
Heating up' or 'Cooling Down'? Analysing and Performing Broadened Participation in Technoscientific Conflicts
Power Relations
An Essay on Framing and Overflowing
Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together
Engineering and Sociology in a Military Aircraft Project
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Highly cited | No |
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