Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise: Creating New Kinds of Collaboration (Inside Technology)
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Book Synopsis: A proposal for a new framework for fostering collaborations across disciplines, addressing both theory and practical applications.
Cross-disciplinary collaboration increasingly characterizes today's science and engineering research. The problems and opportunities facing society do not come neatly sorted by discipline. Difficulties arise when researchers from disciplines as different as engineering and the humanities work together and find that they speak largely different languages. This book explores a new framework for fostering collaborations among existing disciplines and expertise communities. The framework unites two ideas to emerge from recent work in STS: trading zones, in which scientific subcultures, each with its own language, develop the equivalents of pidgin and creole; and interactional expertise, in which experts learn to use the language of another research community in ways that are indistinguishable from expert practitioners of that community. A trading zone can gradually become a new area of expertise, facilitated by interactional expertise and involving negotiations over boundary objects (objects represented in different ways by different participants). The volume describes applications of the framework to service science, business strategy, environmental management, education, and practical ethics. One detailed case study focuses on attempts to create trading zones that would help prevent marine bycatch; another investigates trading zones formed to market the female condom to women in Africa; another describes how humanists embedded in a nanotechnology laboratory gained interactional expertise, resulting in improved research results for both humanists and nanoscientists.
Contributors: Brad Allenby, Donna T. Chen, Harry Collins, Robert Evans, Erik Fisher, Peter Galison, Michael E. Gorman, Lynn Isabella, Lekelia D. Jenkins, Mary Ann Leeper, Roop L. Mahajan, Matthew M. Mehalik, Ann E. Mills, Bolko von Oetinger, Elizabeth Powell, Mary V. Rorty, Jeff Shrager, Jim Spohrer, Patricia H. Werhane
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Looking to foster collaborations across different disciplines? Look no further than "Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise: Creating New Kinds of Collaboration"! In today's science and engineering research, cross-disciplinary collaboration is becoming increasingly vital. This book offers a new framework that addresses both theory and practical applications, providing you with the tools needed to break down the barriers between disciplines.
Are you tired of facing difficulties when researchers from different fields work together due to language barriers? This book explores the concept of trading zones, where scientific subcultures develop a common language to facilitate collaboration. By bridging the gap between engineering and humanities, this framework allows for effective communication and collaboration, resulting in groundbreaking discoveries and innovation.
The framework also introduces the concept of interactional expertise, enabling experts to learn and use the language of another research community seamlessly. Imagine the possibilities when experts from different fields can communicate as if they were part of the same community! With this expertise, a trading zone can evolve into a new area of expertise, boosting the potential for groundbreaking discoveries in various domains.
This book offers real-world applications of the framework to various fields such as service science, business strategy, environmental management, education, and practical ethics. By exploring case studies ranging from preventing marine bycatch to marketing the female condom to women in Africa, it showcases the power of trading zones in solving important societal challenges.
Join the ranks of contributors Brad Allenby, Donna T. Chen, Harry Collins, and many more who have experienced the transformative effects of trading zones and interactional expertise. Don't miss out on this opportunity to revolutionize your collaborations and make a lasting impact. Get your copy of "Trading Zones and Interactional Expertise" today!
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