“Old” Technology in New Hands: Instruments as Mediators of Interdisciplinary Learning in Microfluidics

IF 0.1 Q4 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
D. S. Olsen
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Abstract

In his article on radical innovation, Shinn (2005) examined the role of scientific instruments in innovation. This paper continues to investigate this theme, but the main focus is on how scientists or engineers from one discipline may learn from another and produce new knowledge and new technology. The paper looks at the role that tools and instruments developed by one discipline, in one environment, can play in the development of knowledge in a new environment. The theoretical basis for this study is Vygotsky’s (1978) concept of tool-mediated activity. The proposed conceptualisation views instruments as dynamic and suggests types of tool-mediated activities which may contribute to knowledge creation. The collaborative process of experimentation is examined and opportunities for knowledge creation are discussed in relation to the instruments used. Methods used are interviews and observations. The case study is a small multidisciplinary laboratory developing a new process for producing nanoreactors, with potential applications in pharmaceuticals and energy.
“旧”技术在新手中:仪器作为微流体跨学科学习的媒介
在他关于激进创新的文章中,Shinn(2005)研究了科学仪器在创新中的作用。本文继续研究这一主题,但主要关注的是来自一个学科的科学家或工程师如何从另一个学科学习并产生新知识和新技术。本文着眼于在一个环境中由一个学科开发的工具和仪器在新环境中的知识发展中所起的作用。本研究的理论基础是维果茨基(Vygotsky, 1978)的工具介导活动概念。拟议的概念化将工具视为动态的,并建议可能有助于知识创造的工具中介活动类型。研究了实验的协作过程,并讨论了与所使用的工具有关的知识创造机会。使用的方法是访谈和观察。这个案例研究是一个小型的多学科实验室,正在开发一种生产纳米反应器的新工艺,在制药和能源领域有潜在的应用。
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