Johnson, Ericka, 1973-
Refracting Through Technologies Bodies, Medical Technologies and Norms. [electronic resource] : - Milton : Routledge, 2019. - 1 online resource (145 p.). - Routledge Research in Gender and Society Ser. .
Description based upon print version of record.
This book explores the material-discursive entanglement' of how we both make the world with our words and how the materiality of the world forces us to put words on it. Beginning with the conundrum of how the things that make up our world are both shaped by and shape the ways in which we talk about, engage with and think about them, the author accepts the entanglement and then works backwards, using the metaphor of refraction to help articulate the structures, values and norms that discursively shape our world and our selves in it. Through a series of empirical examples taken from work on medical technologies and the body, Refracting through Technologies shows how researchers and designers can use material things - technologies - to refract discourses and articulate the concerns and voices producing them. Refraction as a metaphor is thus revealed to be an important concept, enabling scholars to apply analytical work to political concerns about the technological world. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, science and technology studies, philosophy and design with interests in technoscience, feminist thought and social theory.
9781351347525 1351347527 9781315122274 1315122278 9781351347518 1351347519 9781351347501 1351347500
Communication--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
HM1206
302.23
Refracting Through Technologies Bodies, Medical Technologies and Norms. [electronic resource] : - Milton : Routledge, 2019. - 1 online resource (145 p.). - Routledge Research in Gender and Society Ser. .
Description based upon print version of record.
This book explores the material-discursive entanglement' of how we both make the world with our words and how the materiality of the world forces us to put words on it. Beginning with the conundrum of how the things that make up our world are both shaped by and shape the ways in which we talk about, engage with and think about them, the author accepts the entanglement and then works backwards, using the metaphor of refraction to help articulate the structures, values and norms that discursively shape our world and our selves in it. Through a series of empirical examples taken from work on medical technologies and the body, Refracting through Technologies shows how researchers and designers can use material things - technologies - to refract discourses and articulate the concerns and voices producing them. Refraction as a metaphor is thus revealed to be an important concept, enabling scholars to apply analytical work to political concerns about the technological world. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, science and technology studies, philosophy and design with interests in technoscience, feminist thought and social theory.
9781351347525 1351347527 9781315122274 1315122278 9781351347518 1351347519 9781351347501 1351347500
Communication--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
HM1206
302.23