Going back to heterogeneous engineering: the case of micro and nanotechnologies

MATTHIEU HUBERT; DOMINIQUE VINCK

Engineering Practice in a Global Context: Understanding the Technical and the Social

Taylor & Francis - CRC Press

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2013; p. 185 - 203

Based upon John Law's concept of "heterogeneous engineering", the authors set out to explore the engineering work in the field of Micro and Nano Technologies (MNT) visiting a variety of places where technology and society are shaped: international committees where roadmaps are defined, research labs where new devices are designed, platforms where technological exploration and transfer are performed, big collaborative research programs where researchers and companies shape sociotechnical infrastructures, and places where societal inscription of the novelties is regulated.