LEADER 03796nam 2200625 450 001 9910511352703321 005 20190621224626.0 010 $a0-262-52580-1 010 $a0-262-32314-1 024 3 $a9780262323130 035 $a(CKB)2670000000557655 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat06783518 035 $a(IDAMS)0b000064820d17ad 035 $a(IEEE)6783518 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001453596 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11825450 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001453596 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11491406 035 $a(PQKB)11148595 035 $a(OCoLC)881289062$z(OCoLC)893192308 035 $a(OCoLC-P)881289062 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5966608 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000557655 100 $a20151223d2014 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2isbdmedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aVulnerability in technological cultures $enew directions in research and governance /$fedited by Anique Hommels, Jessica Mesman, and Wiebe E. Bijker 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cMIT Press,$d[2014] 210 2$a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :$cIEEE Xplore,$d[2014] 215 $a1 PDF (xi, 382 pages) 225 1 $aInside technology 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-02710-0 311 $a0-262-32313-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 333-372) and index. 330 $aNovel technologies and scientific advancements offer not only opportunities but risks. Technological systems are vulnerable to human error and technical malfunctioning that have far-reaching consequences: one flipped switch can cause a cascading power failure across a networked electric grid. Yet, once addressed, vulnerability accompanied by coping mechanisms may yield a more flexible and resilient society. This book investigates vulnerability, in both its negative and positive aspects, in technological cultures. The contributors argue that viewing risk in terms of vulnerability offers a novel approach to understanding the risks and benefits of science and technology. Such an approach broadens conventional risk analysis by connecting to issues of justice, solidarity, and livelihood, and enabling comparisons between the global north and south. The book explores case studies that range from agricultural practices in India to neonatal intensive care medicine in Western hospitals; these cases, spanning the issues addressed in the book, illustrate what vulnerability is and does. The book offers conceptual frameworks for empirical description and analysis of vulnerability that elucidate its ambiguity, context dependence, and constructed nature. Finally, the book addresses the implications of these analyses for the governance of vulnerability, proposing a more reflexive way of dealing with vulnerability in technological cultures.ContributorsMarjolein van Asselt, Martin Boeckhout, Wiebe Bijker, Tessa Fox, Stephen Healy, Anique Hommels, Sheila Jasanoff,Jozef Keulartz, Jessica Mesman, Ger Palmboom, C. Shambu Prasad, Julia Quartz, Johan M. Sanne, Maartje Schermer, Teesta Setelvad, Esha Shah, Andy Stirling, Imrat Verhoeven, Esther Versluis, Shiv Visvanathan, Gerard de Vries, Ger Wackers, Dick Willems. 410 0$aInside technology. 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.483 702 $aMesman$b Jessica$f1962-, 702 $aBijker$b Wiebe E 702 $aHommels$b Anique 801 0$bCaBNVSL 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511352703321 996 $aVulnerability in technological cultures$92548479 997 $aUNINA