Browsing Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier by Journals "Science & Technology Studies"
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From 'alternative' to 'advanced': Mainstreaming of sustainable technologies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper revisits some technologies that, in the 1970s, were considered as ‘low-tech’ alternatives to mainstream versions, but more recently have been developed using high-tech elements. This change from alternative to ... -
Keeping Systems at Work: Electricity Infrastructure from Control Rooms to Household Practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article discusses the reliability of electricity supply and the management of its uncertainties from a systems theoretical point of view. We begin by outlining recent Science and Technology Studies (STS) literature ... -
The Shaping of Urban Public Transport: Two Cases of Alternative Leading Objects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper investigates the shaping of urban public transport by comparing ‘alternative leading objects’ to the car in the Norwegian cities Trondheim and Bergen. These have chosen different transport technologies, bus and ...