Governing social practice: Technology and institutional change

In this article, we extend the concept of technology beyond the conventional understanding of systems and artifacts as embodiments of particular functionalities that are variously enacted in local settings. Technological artifacts or systems epitomize operational couplings that extend beyond the hum...

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Vydáno v:	Theory and society Ročník 42; číslo 4; s. 395 - 421
Hlavní autoři:	Kallinikos, Jannis, Hasselbladh, Hans, Marton, Attila
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Dordrecht Springer 01.07.2013 Springer Netherlands Springer Nature B.V
Témata:	Archives Business Studies Collective memory Cultural factors Cultural identity Cultural institutions Cultural memory Cultural preservation Digital libraries Företagsekonomi Governance History of technology Information Information technology Institutions Interpersonal relations Libraries Literature Museums Philosophy of the Social Sciences Professional practice Regulative regimes Search engines Social control Social relations Social Sciences Sociology Sociology of knowledge and ethics Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture Sociology of technology Status functions Technological functions Technology Europe Status functions Regulative regimes Search engines Information Institutions Technological functions Cultural memory Social relationships Memory Digital Technological evolution Technology Organizational Change Culture
ISSN:	0304-2421, 1573-7853, 1573-7853
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Shrnutí:	In this article, we extend the concept of technology beyond the conventional understanding of systems and artifacts as embodiments of particular functionalities that are variously enacted in local settings. Technological artifacts or systems epitomize operational couplings that extend beyond the human-technology interface. Such couplings entail multiple, unobtrusive, backstaged links that evade human interpretation yet are critically involved in the reproduction and control of social relations. Cast in this light, technologies emerge as complex rationalized embodiments for structuring social relationships and, in this quality, complement and occasionally compete with institutional modes of governance. We explore these ideas in the empirical context of cultural memory organizations (e.g., libraries, archives, museums). As the outcome of the technological developments that have marked the field over the last two decades, the operations of memory institutions increasingly mingle with those of information aggregators and search engines. These developments reframe longstanding professional practices of memory organizations and, in this process, challenge their institutional mandate.
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ISSN:	0304-2421 1573-7853 1573-7853
DOI:	10.1007/s11186-013-9195-y