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High variability discourse in the history and sociology of large technical systems

[collection article]

Joerges, Bernward

Abstract

Gesellschaftsweit operierende technische Infrastrukturen und ihre Verknüpfung und Überlagerung in urbanen Zentren werden seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre in einem internationalen Forschungsnetz "Large Technical Systems" (LTS, deutsch GTS) untersucht. Die WZB-Forschungsgruppe "Große technische Systeme"... view more

Gesellschaftsweit operierende technische Infrastrukturen und ihre Verknüpfung und Überlagerung in urbanen Zentren werden seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre in einem internationalen Forschungsnetz "Large Technical Systems" (LTS, deutsch GTS) untersucht. Die WZB-Forschungsgruppe "Große technische Systeme" und in ihrer Nachfolge die Forschungsgruppe "Metropolenforschung" waren an diesem Forschungsprogramm kontinuierlich beteiligt. In diesem Aufsatz wird der techniksoziologische Spezialdiskurs über GTS reflektiert und seine große Variabilität nachgezeichnet. Indem die Vielfalt von metaphorischen und narrativen Strukturen dieses Forschungsfelds herausgearbeitet wird, wird zugleich sichtbar, welche Problemstellungen unterbelichtet geblieben sind: Nutzerforschung, die kulturelle und ökologische Einbettung großer technischer Systeme und ihre Ortseffekte. Die verstärkte Einbeziehung dieser Aspekte wird die Variabilität von GTS-Diskursen weiter steigern; Ansätze, in denen die Systemmetapher weniger zentral ist, werden an Bedeutung gewinnen. (HH)... view less


"Globally operating technical infrastructures and their linkages and superimpositions in large urban centers have been studied in an international research-network 'Large Technical Systems' (LTS) since the mid-1980s. The WZB research groups 'Große technische Systeme' and its successor 'Metropolitan ... view more

"Globally operating technical infrastructures and their linkages and superimpositions in large urban centers have been studied in an international research-network 'Large Technical Systems' (LTS) since the mid-1980s. The WZB research groups 'Große technische Systeme' and its successor 'Metropolitan Studies' have been part of this research program. The paper reflects on LTS-discourses within the wider field of social studies of technology and traces its high variability. Demonstrating the diversity of metaphorical and narrative structures underlying LTS research at the same time points towards a series of issues which have been underrepresented in this research field: use as opposed to development and management of systems, the cultural as well as the ecological embedding of systems, spatial/ local effects of systems. Including such aspects into the on-going historical and sociological discourses about LTS will tend to increase its variability, approaches where the systems metaphor is given less explanatory power will compete for attention." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
large-scale technology; sociology of technology; variability; research topic; historical development; research status; research deficit

Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology

Free Keywords
Large Technical Systems; Technical Infrastructure

Collection Title
The Governance of Large Technical Systems

Editor
Coutard, Olivier

Document language
English

Publication Year
1999

Publisher
Routledge

City
London

Page/Pages
p. 259-290

Series
Routledge studies in business organization and networks, 13

ISBN
0-415-19603-5

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 1.0


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