> Hi all,
>
> I just started as a Ph.D. in Delft doing a research about: The design of
hybrid (social/technical) systems. For this subject I'm going to study (a.o.)
several designing methods, in a range from product design to organisational
design, software design etc. I was wondering if there are Ph.D. students
doing research on, for example, methods of design in Delft (or elsewehere in
the Netherlands), with whom it might be of interest to exchange some
information and/or ideas. Also if people from outside the Netherlands
recognize anything in my Ph.D. project it might be interesting to get in
contact. More (brief) about my research is on my website
(http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/webstaf/maarteno).
>
> Maarten Ottens
>
>
Dear Maarten,
Your project looks very interesting indeed and answers to the 4 questions in
your presentation will definitely further the understanding and recognition
of our profession as Designers.
As a modest contribution for now, I'd suggest that you refer to the following
three publications which immediately pop into my mind, just as a general and
perhaps an indirect introduction, if not yet done, to the field of your
enquiry about "hybrid socio-technical systems":
1. Bruno LATOUR: "Pragmatogonies. A Mythical Account of How Humans and
Nonhumans Swap Properties". American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 37, No. 6,
May 1994, 791-808.
2. Bruno LATOUR: Pandora's Hope. Essays on the Reality of Science Studies.
Cambridge: Massachusetts/London: Harvard University Press, 1999, Chap. 6: A
Collective of Humans and Nonhumans.
3. Catherine ROTH: ETAT DES LIEUX DES RECHERCHES EN ANTHROPOLOGIE
INDUSTRIELLE. A report to the "Comité d'information et de liaison pour
l'archéologie, l'étude et la mise en valeur du patrimoine industriel".
Septembre 2002. www.ressac.org/base.html - 16k
I am very much interested in this line of research, please keep me posted on
any further development and references that I might not be aware of. And I'll
also keep sharing whatever material and thoughts that will fall on hand.
Regards.
François-X. N.I. NSENGA
Independent Scholar,
Teacher and Researcher
in Sociology and Industrial Design
Box 643, Snowdon
Montréal, Québec
CANADA H3X 3X8
Tél.: (514) 737-8300
Fax: (514) 738-8000
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