Engineering Practice: performing a profession, constructing society

Track 20, EASST 2010, 2–4 September, Trento, Italy

Session One, 3 September 1400–1600

Kouw, Matthijs, The Craft of Modeling, the Modeling of Craft

Chilvers, Andrew and Sarah Bell, “Bespoke problems” with “multi-variant solutions”: The problem of knowledge and action in a profession performed in local contexts

Buch, Anders and Ulrik Jørgensen, Multi-sited ethnographies and studies of engineering practice

Minguet, Guy and Florence Osty, Identity building for design professionals: some issues from two ethnographic fieldworks

Evans, Rick, Engineering as Performance: An “Experiential Gestalt” for Understanding Engineering

 

Session Two, 3 September 1630–1830

Farber, Darryl and Martin Pietrucha, Cultivating Strategic Imagination in the Next Generation Transportation Professional

Morlacchi, Pierangela, Walking down the Democratization Boulevard in STS: A Critical Reflection on Studying Biomedical Engineering Practice and Policy

Hackel, Monika and Michael Klebl, Supporting Change through Expansive Learning in Engineering Practice

Stasiak-Betlejewska, Renata and Stanisław Borkowski, The meaning of strategic areas in enterprises applying principles of Toyota

Schaefer, Stephan, “Intending Engineering Practice” - A Conceptualisation of Engineers´ Understanding of Innovation through their Encounter with their Own Practice

Solli, Jøran, Environmental Standards as Ethical/Epistemic Mediators in Consulting Engineering Companies?

 

Session Three, 4 September 1100–1300

Egmose, Jonas, Social learning in engineering practice: Towards democratic construction of sustainable communities?

Grand, Ann, Alan Winfield, Clare Wilkinson and Karen Bultitude, On Open Science and Public Engagement with Engineering Research

Paskins, James, Sarah Bell, Ben Croxford, Muki Haklay and Simon Julier, Crossing Disciplines to Address Urban Sustainability

Duffour, Philippe, Sarah Bell, Christian Solberg and Muki Haklay, Reflection of UCL Civil and Environmental Engineering experience in integrating ethics in engineering education

Afeltowicz, Łukasz and Krzysztof Pietrowicz, Social Machines: on Some Consequences of STS for Theory and Methodology of Social Sciences and Social Engineering Practice

 

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