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Trevor Pinch
Researcher at Cornell University
Publications - 153
Citations - 17672
Trevor Pinch is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sociology of scientific knowledge & Golem. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 148 publications receiving 17159 citations. Previous affiliations of Trevor Pinch include University of Southampton & University of Brasília.
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The social construction of facts and artefacts: or How the sociology of science and the sociology of technology might benefit each other
Trevor Pinch,Wiebe E. Bijker +1 more
TL;DR: The need for an integrated social constructivist approach towards the study of science and technology is outlined in this article, where both scientific facts and technological artefacts are to be understood as social constructs.
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The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology
TL;DR: Social construction of technology (SCOT) as mentioned in this paper is a popular approach to the study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions, and demonstrates the illuminating effects of the integration of empirics and theory.
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The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other:
Trevor Pinch,Wiebe E. Bijker +1 more
TL;DR: The need for an integrated social constructivist approach towards the study of science and technology is outlined in this article, where both scientific facts and technological artefacts are to be understood as social constructs.
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Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
TL;DR: The STS Reference Record was created on 2005-06-20, modified on 2016-08-08 as discussed by the authors, and was used for the STS deployment of the Space Station.
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How users matter : The co-construction of users and technologies
Nelly Oudshoorn,Trevor Pinch +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a variety of theoretical approaches, including a feminist focus on users and use (in place of the traditional emphasis on men and machines), concepts from semiotics, and the cultural studies view of consumption as a cultural activity, examine what users do with technology and what technology does to users.