This edited volume is the first publication to tackle the issue of
researching human-technology relations from a methodological
postphenomenological perspective. While the ‘traditional’
phenomenology of the 20th century, with figures like Husserl,
Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, provided valuable insights into the
formal structures of essence, being and embodiment, etc. their mode of
philosophizing mostly involved abstract ‘pure’ thinking. Although
rooted in this tradition, the postphenomenological approach to the
study of human-technology relations emphasizes the “empirical
turn” and interdisciplinary work in the field of philosophy – and
reaches out to other disciplines like anthropology, education, media
studies, and science and technology studies (STS).
The contributors discuss what it means for the field of
postphenomenology to be empirically based and what kind of methodology
is required in order for researchers to go out and study
human-technology relations in this perspective. In many disciplines,
methodology refers to the analytical approach taken – e.g. the
analytical concepts you employ to make an analysis; in
postphenomenology, these might include concepts such as
multistability, variation, or mediation. In a discipline like
anthropology, it also refers to reflections over the methods
researchers use to approach an empirical field. Methods can include
interviews of different kinds, participant observations, surveys, and
auto-ethnography. Furthermore, methodology can include ethical issues
tied to doing research in an empirical field. These practical aspects
are not separate from, but rather connected to, theoretical
approaches. This book ties together the methods, ethics, and theories
of postphenomenology in a groundbreaking volume on methodology. With
postphenomenological studies of education, digital media, biohacking,
health, robotics, and skateboarding as points of reference, the
authors of this volume, in twelve chapters, provide new perspectives
on what a comprehensive postphenomenological research methodology must
consist of.
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New Ways in Mediating Techno-Human Relationships
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781498545242
Publisert
2018
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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