The Sociomaterial Construction of Users - 3D Printing and the Digitalization of the Prosthetics Industry (Hardcover)

This book explores the intricate connections that link the current digitalization of manufacturing to our daily lives and identities as members of highly technologized societies. Based on extensive research on the prosthetics industry in Germany, the USA, Canada, and Haiti, the author demonstrates the socio-material construction of users, examining the ways in which the introduction of 3D printing changes how artificial limbs are designed, manufactured, distributed and used. Addressing questions surrounding the capacity of flexible production to afford greater diversity of user roles, and the likelihood of 3D printing allowing for open-source hardware and the democratization of production, the author presents a theory of digitalization that sheds light on the dynamics of industrial transformation and the future of use. An empirically grounded and conceptually informed study, The Socio-Material Construction of Users will appeal to researchers in the fields of sociology, science and technology studies and organization studies, as well as readers interested in 3D printing and the digitalization of society.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	David Seibt
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-218042-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Medicine > Surgery > Orthopaedics & fractures Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour Promotions
LSN:	1-03-218042-0
Barcode:	9781032180427

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