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DESCRIPTION:Technology Choices: Why Occupations Differ in Their Embrace of 
 New Technologies\nDiane BaileyUniversity of Texas\, Austin\nDate: November
  22\, 2013Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 amLocation: Room 245\nAbstract: \nIn a te
 n-year field study of engineers at work\, we sought to understand how and 
 why engineers used advanced computational\, logic\, and graphical computer
  applications\, and what impact engineers’ use of these technologies had o
 n their work. In this talk\, I address the specific question of what tasks
  engineers allowed computers to do for them. In our study\, we found that 
 the answer to this question varied along occupational lines\, with structu
 ral engineers who designed buildings making a choice that differed from th
 at of hardware engineers who designed computer chips\; automotive engineer
 s who designed vehicles made yet a third choice. I discuss the occupationa
 l factors (such as product liability\, testing capability\, and technology
  cost) that shaped engineers’ technology choices in each case. The occupat
 ional perspective on technology choice that we put forward is an alternati
 ve to existing perspectives\, including technological determinism\, social
  constructivism\, and sociomateriality. The benefit of an occupational per
 spective over these alternatives is that it permits prediction in the case
  of new technologies or new occupations while allowing for variation in ch
 oices.
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LOCATION:Room 245\, Bronfman Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1G5\, 1001
  rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Seminar: Diane Bailey\, University of Texas\, Austin
URL:/desautels/channels/event/seminar-diane-bailey-uni
 versity-texas-austin-231660
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