This book demonstrates how technology and society shape one another
and that there are intrinsic connections between technological
experiences and social relationships. It employs an array of
theoretical concepts and methodological tools to examine the
technology-society nexus among three urban groups in India
(traditional caste-based handloom weavers, subaltern Dalit
communities, and informal female labour). It provides evidence of
how innovations such as industrial technologies, communication
technologies, and workplace technologies are not only about strides
in science and engineering but also about politics and sociology on
the ground. The book contributes to the growing research in
innovation studies and technology policy that establishes how
technological processes and outcomes are contingent on complex
sociological variables and contexts. The author offers an
inclusive, holistic, and interdisciplinary approach to
understanding the field of innovation and technological change and
development by involving various methodologies (network analysis,
archival work, oral histories, focus group discussions,
interviews). The book will serve as reference for researchers and
scholars in social sciences, especially those interested in
development studies, science and technology policy and innovation
studies, information and communication technology (ICT) policy,
public policy, management, social work and research methods,
economics, sociology, social exclusion and subaltern studies,
women's studies, and South Asian studies. It will also be useful to
nongovernmental organisations, activists, and policymakers.
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