Relocating Innovation: Places and material practices of future-making
Introduction
This project reconceptualises innovation through a comparative analysis of three differently located sites of social, technological and political invention: an internationally recognised centre of technology research and development in Silicon Valley, California; small scale high-tech industry on the remote archipelago of Orkney, Scotland; and diverse spaces of political action in Hungary.
The project is designed to re-examine received assumptions regarding what counts as innovation and where it happens, by emphasising its bases in particular places and culturally specific practices. Along with its substantive findings, the project will advance interdisciplinary methods involving a synthesis of anthropological, sociological and sociohistorical approaches.
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1/6/09
Comment on the project blog
Following the wealth of ideas and conversation begun at the project workshop at MIT in May, we have opened a Blog to continue the discussion. Please post your comments on the project...
1/6/09
Download the project postcards
Drawing on our 3 case studies we have developed a set of 35 themed postcards. How do the ideas, images, and ethnographic and archival moments connect or disconnect with your own work? Download the postcards here, and then comment on the blog.
9/4/09
Download paper 'OrkneyLab' from ASA09
Paper presented by Laura Watts at ASA09, University of Bristol, can now be downloaded here.
31/3/09
OrkneyLab workshop and evening event in Stromness, Orkney, in September 2009
Prof Lucy Suchman, Dr Laura Watts, and Endre Dányi will be in Orkney to discuss the research at a day's workshop and evening event of spoken futures. Download the flyer for more details...
1/2/08
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Contact us
To contact us about any aspect of the research send an email to relocatinginnovation@sand14.com