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.
News | Events
Papers from 4S/EASST 2008, Rotterdam, now available
Papers presented by Lucy Suchman, Endre Dányi, and Laura Watts at the session 'Mere Innovation' (organised with Cori Hayden) are now available to download, including a video stream.
Podcast available
The prose-poem 'Liminal Futures' performed by Laura Watts at CRASSH University of Cambridge is now available as a podcast. There is also a written version online to download.
Roundtable discussion group on Future-Making
A discussion group is being set up following the Roundtable. The discussion group is called 'Future-Making'. To join please send this email or contact Laura Watts.
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Contact us
To contact us about any aspect of the research send an email to relocatinginnovation@sand14.com