Ethnography of a “High-Tech” Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20074388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno Latour (0000-0003-4557-174X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 372-398 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Technological Choices (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315887630-12 |
| OpenAlex | W4402324721 |
| ISBN | 9781315887630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
To attempt an ethnography of a “high-tech” case without visiting the places and the times where the techniques are fabricated is like doing armchair anthropology. Since tropical ethnographers may not be familiar with air-conditioned field studies in modern science and techniques, it might be useful to start with the cultural shock any student of rationalized, efficient, productive machines gets when he or she enters the workshop where they are planned and devised
Ethnography · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture · Information Systems Theories and Implementation
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1970 - 2023 (54) |
| Highly cited | No |