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Shifting practices : reflections on technology, practice, and innovation / Giovan Francesco Lanzara.
Author
Lanzara, Giovan Francesco, 1946-
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
Description
xiii, 287 pages ; 24 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
T14.5 .L35 2016
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Technological innovations
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Case studies
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Technology
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Social aspects
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Music
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Instruction and study
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Data processing
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Computer music
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Video tapes in court proceedings
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Case studies
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Series
Acting with technology
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Summary note
"What happens in an established practice or work setting when a novel artifact or tool for doing work changes the familiar work routines? Any unexpected event, or change, or technological innovation creates a discontinuity; organizations and individuals must reframe taken-for-granted assumptions and practices and reposition themselves. To study innovation as a phenomenon, then, we must search for situations of discontinuity and rupture and explore them in depth. In Shifting Practices, Giovan Francesco Lanzara does just that, and discovers that disruptions and discontinuities caused by the introduction of new technologies often reveal aspects of practice not previously observed. After discussing methodological and research issues, Lanzara presents two in-depth studies focusing on processes of design and innovation in two different practice settings: music education and criminal justice. In the first, he works with the music department of a major American university to develop Music LOGO, a computer system that allows students to explore musical structures with simple, composition-like exercises and experiments. In the second, he works with the Italian court system in the design and use of video technology for criminal trials. In both cases, drawing on anecdotes and examples as well as theory and analysis, he traces the new systems from design through implementation and adoption. Finally, Lanzara considers the researcher's role, and the relationship--encompassing empathy, vulnerability, and temporality--between the reflective researcher and actors in the practice setting"--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Studying innovation as a phenomenon
Making music in the digital medium: a reflective inquiry into the design of a computer music system for music education
Encountering video technology in judicial practice: experiments and inquiries in the courtroom
Further inquiries into shifting practices.
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ISBN
9780262034456 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
026203445X ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2015039705
OCLC
933211451
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