The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

Subject Index

Subject Index Accelerometers missiles and, 193–195, 199–205, 211, 213n8, 216n35 Pendulous Integrating Gyro Accelerometer (PIGA) and, 202, 214n18 Pulsed Integrating Pendulous Accelerometer (PIPA) and, 202 SFIRs and, 216n35 third generation, 216n35 Accumulators, 5, 79–80, 85, 88, 90, 156 AC Spark Plug Division, 204 Actor networks actor-network theory (ANT) and, xiv–xix, xliii, 5–8, 60, 70, 94–95 advertising and, 136 artifacts and, 6, 8 changes in approaches and, xxi–xxii electric vehicles and, 86–95, 97n18 large technological systems and, 60, 70 ontology and, xxv–xxvi social groups and, 6–7 (see also Social groups) sociological analysis and, 86–95, 97n18 technology as sociological tool and, 85–95, 97n18 Adaptation, 6, 27, 202 caravels and, 114–116 closure and, 114–116 cooking stove and, 256 electric vehicles and, 90 heterogeneous engineering and, 114–116, 123, 126 large technological systems and, 45, 48, 51, 60–61, 74n3 pharmaceutical industry and, 251 plastics and, 158, 179 sociological analysis and, 90, 93 synthetic dye chemistry and,138–139,149 technological practice and, 226–227, 236n7 ultrasound imaging and, 286 Advanced Inertial Reference System (AIRS), 193, 216n35 Advertising Bakelite and, 177 Celluloid and, 161 consumer groups and, 44n35 detecting on television and, 310–311, 320n12 electric utilities and, 47 influence of consumers and, 136 large technological systems and, 72 medicine and, 238 plastics and, 159, 161, 177 professional designers and, 44n35 research strategies and, 255–256 rhetorical closure and, 37–38 social groups and, 126n4 stoves and, 258, 259, 268 AEG, 71 Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 386 Subject Index Aerodynamic theory, 69, 179, 218–220, 224, 235n2 Africa, 111–116 Agfa, 147–148, 153n19 Air control systems, 222 Aircraft, 151n6 aerodynamic theory and, 69, 179, 218–220, 224, 235n2 air traffic control systems and, 209 B-1 and, 209 B-29 and, 286 B-52 and, 209 bicycle industry and, 44n31 civil inertial technology and, 209, 213n6 Concorde and, 106 DC-3 regime and, 131–134 flush riveting and, 231 gyroscopes and, 75n9, 208 heterogeneous engineering and, 106 missiles and, 190, 193, 200, 205–206, 208 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and, 224 NAV/COM systems and, 222 navigation and, 190, 193–200, 205, 208–209 piston engine and, 179, 219 space shuttles and, 310 technological practice and, 219, 221, 231 technological regimes and, 131 TSR-2 and, 106 Air tire, 38–39 Air traffic control system, 209 Albany Dental Plate Company, 159 Alexandria, 109 Algarve, 113 Algorithmic model, 300, 317, 322–324, 327 Alidade, 116–117 Alizarin (madder) dyeing, 136–138 Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, 3, 70, 75n7 Allgemeine Polyklinik, Vienna, 276 Altura, 116–118 Amber, 155 American Gas Association (AGA), 268 American General Bakelite Company, 172 American Medical Association, 246–247 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T), 68–69 A-mode scanning, 281–284, 289 Aniline purple, 137 Aniline red, 137–138 Aniline yellow, 141–142 Anthracite, 257, 264 Anthroposophical treatment, 245 Antideterminism, xvii–xviii Antivibration devices, 39 Apprentices, 323, 326–327, 332–334 Archimedean points, 252 Architectural acoustics, 278 Arc lamps, 69 Armaments race, 55 Art Deco, 174 Artifacts, xlii–xliv, 187, 190 actor-network theory (ANT) and, 6, 8 Bakelite and, 170–171, 175, 178–181, 182n9 bicycles and, 4, 7, 22–39, 43n27, 44n31, 106, 135, 160, 167, 175, 178, 182n9, 328 Celluloid and, 159–160 closure and, 21, 33–40, 44n34, 105 cognitivism and, 303, 305, 313, 320n13 consensus and, 252 constructivism and, 11–16, 19, 22, 40, 135, 151n11 consumers and, 23–24 culture and, 13–16, 21, 34, 40, 251 electric vehicles and, 5–6, 8, 19, 78–79, 87, 106 empirical program of relativism (EPOR) and, 20–34, 40, 43nn27–28 enrollment and, 178 Subject Index 387 epistemology and, 19, 44n30 expert systems and, 323 explanandum vs. explanans and, 18 heterogeneous engineering and, 105–107, 115, 117, 123–124 innovation and, 11–16, 20, 22, 34, 40, 41n1 integration and, 40–41 interpretative flexibility and, 20–22, 33–36, 40, 44n34 inventors and, 18, 30 large technological systems and, 45–49, 55, 63, 70–71, 74nn2,5 meaning and, 6, 8, 22–24, 27–28, 36–40, 102–103, 135, 155, 159, 162, 165, 168, 171, 173–174, 270 medical imaging and, 273, 284, 286–287 momentum and, 70–73 ontology and, xxv–xxvi, 221 plastics and, 155, 159–163, 167–171, 175, 178–181, 182n9 politics and, 40 redefinition and, 178 reification and, 44n3 research...