The Materiality of Technology
An Affordance Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20089482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sary Faraj (0000-0002-6585-0351), Samer Faraj, Bijan Azad (0000-0003-4127-1037) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 237-258 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Materiality and organizing (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664054.003.0012 |
| OpenAlex | W2483583446 |
| ISBN | 9780199664054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 146 |
| References cited | 34 |
The research at the nexus of technology-organizational change has converged on the materiality of technology as a fundamental theoretical concern. This chapter highlights three major weaknesses in how the extant research conceptualizes technology: conflation of product categories over technologies; superimposition of feature and technology; and static conception of technology over time. The chapter then points out how these weaknesses tend to decontextualize technology-in-use and thus underemphasize technology's materiality. The chapter then goes on to propose affordances as a viable scaffolding to undergird the development of a conceptual apparatus that takes account of materiality more holistically and in a more relational manner. The chapter concludes by pointing out the challenges ahead in the further development of the affordances concept to account for technology's materiality
Aesthetics · Affordance · Art · Conflation · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Human–computer interaction · Knowledge management · Materiality (auditing) · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Open Source Software Innovations · Philosophy · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
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| Unique citing works | 146 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 11,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 132 |