{"product_id":"inside-anthropotechnology-user-and-culture-centered-experience-hardback-9781786301758","title":"Inside Anthropotechnology; User and Culture Centered Experience (Hardback) 9781786301758","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInside Anthropotechnology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUser and Culture Centered Experience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilippe Geslin (Edited by), P Geslin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781786301758, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 August 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 15.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the last 40 years, anthropotechnology has concentrated its efforts on the study and improvement of the working and living conditions of populations throughout the world. It guides the actors of the design processes by paying attention to the “human factor”: its social, cultural and environmental components. It therefore values a conception of techniques that respect people and their ways of thinking and acting in specific contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book introduces the reader to design dynamics that combine often conflicting sets of competencies, but that are always anxious to respond to the contexts of the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe GESLIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Anthropotechnological Practice and Time Politics in the Development Industry 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthieu BOLAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Conducting research about water allocation when there is no water 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Time, power and cotemporalities 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 Ethnographic temporality 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2 Bureaucratic temporality 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Anthropotechnological temporalities: the Tanzanian case 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1 The oMoMi project 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2 Project genesis: when does a project begin? 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.3 Supported iterations 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.4 Productive cotemporality: simultaneity, crowdsourcing and FabLab fabrication 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Conclusion: designing technologies based on user temporality 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Bibliography 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 The Appropriation of Knowledge: An Anthropology of Transmission in the Context of Professional Training 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHervé MUNZ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The anthropotechnological approach to appropriation as a critique of the notion of transmission 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Learning an industry 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 The “mechanical sense” as a way of knowing 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 Skilled vision or sight training 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Transmission methods for the “mechanical sense” 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Professional training beyond binary oppositions 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 The pedagogy of concealment 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 Objects as transfer vectors of the profession 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 A theory of transmission as appropriation and transformation 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Bibliography 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 At the Heart of the Sensibility: The “Profane” Gold of Madre de Dios 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarole BAUDIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Prologue 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Context: the challenge of a perceived nature 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The scene: a humid and slippery topography 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Gold mining: a skillful practice between nature and culture 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Body techniques: embodied tempo 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Body to body with the elements 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Gold and mercury: sensual alchemy 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 The mythic body of miners 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Sensitive memory: transmission of a “slippery” skill 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Collective memory: the development of a social body 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.11 Local memory of development 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.12 Discussion: an intervention based on profane knowledge 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.13 Conclusion: contribution to anthropotechnology 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.14 Bibliography 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 The Fall Between the Objectification of Engineers and the Subjectification of Elderly People: The Challenges of Mediation 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura BERTINI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 New technologies for older generations 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The cultural dimension of gerontechnologies 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Defining and understanding the fall in the home 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Common frames of reference 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Anthropotechnology, process of legitimization and transfer of ethnographic knowledge 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Conclusion 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Bibliography 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 In Step with Prosthetic Limbs! A Study of Scaling Up from Local Innovations 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChloé LECOMTE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 A multisite study in northern and southern Vietnam 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The conventional route: standard and existing prostheses 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Forms of appropriation and illustrative stories 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Taking the next step: an analysis of scale-up factors 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 Partnerships and history: anchoring in the local network to better scale-up 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Local adaptation of techniques and objects, proof of appropriation 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.3 Adaptability of technologies in an autopoietic system 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Discussions and a review of the anthropotechnological approach 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Acknowledgements 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Bibliography 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 FabLabs: Product Design and Anthropotechnology 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaëtan BUSSY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 FabLabs 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1 History 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Philosophy 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.3 Evolution 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 A day in the FabLab 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Anthropotechnology and FabLabs 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Managing water in Tanzania 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Pleco: the electrolytic pencil 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Conclusion 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Bibliography 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Authors 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 149\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-ISTE","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52446435377432,"sku":"9781786301758","price":100.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781786301758.jpg?v=1785111623","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/inside-anthropotechnology-user-and-culture-centered-experience-hardback-9781786301758","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}