{"title":"Werner Rammert","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWerner Rammert\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sociology and Social Studies of Technology (STS) at the Technical University of Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"distributed-agency-digital-technology-werner-rammert-ebook","title":"Distributed Agency \u0026 Digital Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the specific active role of computer and artificial intelligence technologies in the \u003cem\u003edigital transformation of society\u003c\/em\u003e is among the most crucial issues in social sciences and computing today. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn “Distributed Agency \u0026amp; Digital Technology”, Werner Rammert introduces a post-ANT sociological research program presenting a fresh perspective on “where the action is” in sociotechnical constellations and “how autonomy and control are distributed and attributed across diverse agencies”. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReviewing critical technological changes and foundational insights of social theorizing and STS research over the last three decades, the author develops a non-dualist and performative view on the constitution of society through \u003cem\u003einteractions between the human, material, and digital sides\u003c\/em\u003e. He also provides an up-dated \u003cem\u003epragmatic theory of technology\u003c\/em\u003e that combines a processual concept of technization and a relational one of hybrid media constellations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese concepts contribute fundamentally to \u003cem\u003ediscourses\u003c\/em\u003e on human agency, pragmatic interaction, socio-materiality, and material semiotics as well as to \u003cem\u003edesigns\u003c\/em\u003e of software and embodied (robotic) agents, interactivity at interfaces, and intra-actions in distributed systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMultidisciplinary case studies on the design, development and uses of computers and artificial intelligence in various fields (human-computer-interaction, air traffic control, autonomous car driving, video-surveillance, expert and multi-agent-systems) demonstrate the value of this social pragmatist approach to problem-based theorizing and concept-probing inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Werner Rammert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53652651639111,"sku":"9783658487874","price":96.29,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/5455\/2903\/files\/distributed-agency-digital-technology-ebook-cover.webp?v=1775377698"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/5455\/2903\/collections\/werner-rammert-autor-kollektion.webp?v=1775377696","url":"https:\/\/www.cinebuch.de\/collections\/werner-rammert.oembed","provider":"CineBuch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}