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SUMMARY:Getting to Grips with Technology - Mo Syed and Tim Regan
DTSTART:20071206T110000Z
DTEND:20071206T123000Z
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CONTACT:Alan Blackwell
DESCRIPTION:We will be discussing: Philip Faulkner and Jochen Runde (in pr
 ess). Getting to Grips with Technology.\n\nOriginal Abstract: This paper a
 dvances a general theory of technological objects that attempts to (1) do 
 justice to both their physical and social aspects\, and (2) facilitate a r
 ealist account of their fit within the social world. The theory is demonst
 rated by using it to unpack some novel aspects of user-driven product inno
 vation\, as illustrated by the appropriation of the gramophone turntable a
 s a musical instrument in hip-hop music and subsequent innovations in digi
 tal music players.\n\nAvailable online from: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~afb2
 1/tmp/Faulkner_Runde.pdf\n\nRubric for the reading group: Everyone attendi
 ng is expected to read the paper in advance. Please bring a copy with you\
 , preferably annotated with interesting reflections. The format of discuss
 ion will be a brief invited introduction/critique by two members of the gr
 oup\, followed by general discussion and informal mixing.
LOCATION:Primrose Room\, Microsoft Research Cambridge
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