Engineering Practice and normativities in STS research

Authors

  • Anders Buch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/tfa.v14i3.108916

Abstract

The article takes its point of departure in empirical study of an engineering practice in an engineering consultancy company. It reflects on the status of the study in relation to the ambition of providing empirical input for reform initiatives in engineering education. The study is conceptualized as an ethnography and the interpretation of the empirical material revolves around the model of ‘situational analysis’ developed in Science and Technology Studies (STS). The article reflects on fundamental STS types of arguments and discusses the inherent normativities in the reasoning. It considers the status of the STS-analysis vis a vis other interpretations of the challenges facing engineering and engineering education today.

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Published

2012-09-01

How to Cite

Buch, A. (2012). Engineering Practice and normativities in STS research. Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv, 14(3), 94–111. https://doi.org/10.7146/tfa.v14i3.108916