Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
I Ordinary Technical Tasks and Their Complexity......Page 20
1 Socio-Technical Complexity: Redesigning a Shielding Wall......Page 22
2 The Nature and the Stakes of a Tool: The Genesis of a Design Aid Tool for Mechanical Engineering......Page 38
3 Social Complexity and the Role of the Object: Installing Household Waste Containers......Page 62
II The Social Worlds and Cultures of Design......Page 86
4 The Structural Engineer in the Design Office: A World, Its Objects, and Its Work Practices......Page 88
5 Contrasting Design Cultures: Designing Dies for Drawing Aluminum......Page 102
6 A Prototype Culture: Designing a Paint Atomizer......Page 128
III Technical Writing Practices......Page 144
7 Writing Procedures: The Role of Quality Assurance Formats......Page 146
8 The Role of Graphical Representations in Inter-Professional Cooperation......Page 168
9 Rough Drafts: Revealing and Mediating Design......Page 186
Epilogue: Approaches to the Ethnography of Technologies......Page 212
Notes......Page 236
Bibliography......Page 248
D......Page 254
O......Page 255
W......Page 256
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