Emotional Drivers of Innovation : Exploring the Moral Economy of Prototypes

• Autore: Sörgel Franziska
• Pubblicazione: Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 pages)
• Soggetto topico: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
• Soggetto non controllato: Cultural Anthropology; Economy; Emotion; Moral; Science; Sociology of Science; Sociology of Technology; Sociology; Technology
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- I. The Sensitivity of The New -- II. Methodological Approaches and Empirical Analysis -- 2.1 Medical Prototypes as a Resource of Care -- 2.2 Methodology -- 2.3 The Research Sites -- 1) The Med‐Tech Incubator: Health Hub -- 2) The Makerspace: M.lab -- 3) The Creative Space: The Believer School -- 4) The Firm: 'Hydro' -- 5) The Private Investor and Innovator: Karwen -- 2.4 Materials, Methods, and Analysis -- 2.5 Reflexions During and After the Fieldwork -- 1) Confidentiality and discretion: Finding Adequate Interlocuters -- 2) Finding a way to Talk About emotions -- 3) The Ambivalence of Talking -- 4) Following the Prototype During a Pandemic -- Theory - Thinking, Feeling, and Acting in the Moral Economy -- III. From Problem to Possibility -- 3.1 Imagining Possibilities -- 3.1.1 Imagination as a Mental Force -- 3.1.2 Creativity as an Imaginative Act -- 3.2 Experiencing Daily Life -- 3.2.1 William James and the Creative Reality -- 3.2.2 John Dewey's Experiences as Interactions -- 3.3 Emotions Constituting the Technological Artefact -- 3.3.1 Emotionality with Things -- 3.3.2 How Emotions Lead to Judgement -- 3.4 Interim Conclusion: The 'Moral Economy' Around the Artefact -- 3.4.1 The One and the Many Ideas -- 3.4.2 Esprit de Corps in the Moral Economy -- VI. Innovation‐Making -- 4.1 Structures of Innovation I: Spaces for Possibilities -- Introductory Vocabulary on Innovation and its Definitions -- 4.1.1 Creating a Creative Environment -- 4.1.2 'Culture(s)' in Innovation‐Making -- 4.1.3 Expectations as Iterations in a Black‐Boxed System -- 4.2 Structures of Innovation II: Narratives, Myths, and Beliefs -- 4.2.1 The Evolving Narrative on Innovation -- 4.2.2 Mythmaking, Belief, and Performance -- 4.2.3 How Narratives Adapt -- 4.3 Values and Evaluation. ; 4.3.1 Constructing Value Consensus -- 4.3.2 Serendipity or a Matter of Perspective? -- 4.3.3 The Problematic Verifiability of Innovation -- Empiricism - A System of Emotional Forces Around Innovation -- V. The Imaginative Remedy -- 5.1 Dreaming of Bright Futures -- From the field diary 6 February 2020 -- 5.2 Seeing Problems, Being Radical -- 5.3 Emotional Motives -- 5.4 Conviction, Purpose, and Impact -- VI. Premises and Other Problems -- 6.1 Finding a Lingua Franca -- 6.2 Conflicts and Emotional Decision‐Making -- 6.3 Trustful Coalitions -- 6.4 'Fake It Till You Make It' -- VII. Emotions as Valuta -- 7.1 Claims and Ownership -- 7.2 Evaluations: From Self‐Fulfilment to Gilded Futures -- 7.3 Demo Day: Performing Emotion -- 7.4 Emotions as a Product -- VIII. The Moral Economy of Different Intentionalities -- 8.1 From Radicality to Reductions to… -- 1) The Radicality's Creativity -- 2) The Moral Impact -- 3) Structures of Innovation -- 4) Innovation's Obstacles -- 5) Trust as a Meta‐Emotion in Co‑Working Processes -- 6) Emotions as Commodities -- 8.2 …Activity -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: Innovation is ubiquitous and has become a universal term that is indispensable to describe interventions, projects, or products. Franziska Sörgel argues that emotions influence innovations as they are inherent in initial ideas, expectations and habitual evaluation criteria that impact the development process. Instead of assuming that the innovation process is subject to rational and linear creativity, the study adopts the notion of ›moral economies‹ by Lorraine Daston as a space for negotiation. Such an approach enables decision-makers to question the evaluation criteria and patterns for technological developments before implementing them in society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Emotional Drivers of Innovation
• ISBN: 9783839471470
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910886972603321
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