Staging with objects: translation from technology to product development

Charles Anthony Bates

doi:10.4337/9781839103438.00022

Staging with objects: translation from technology to product development

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Abstract

This auto-ethnographic study considers the transition from technology to product development in an industrial case led by the author. The chapter reflects on ‘staging with objects‘ as a practice by which entities, defined as networks composed of humans and non-humans as well as material and immaterial objects, are assembled to perform in processes of translation. This notion of staging intends to increase understanding of how problematizations and qualifications concerning the suitability of an invention for product specific applications are negotiated across heterogeneous networks. In contrast to mechanistic management perceptions, the chapter presents a fresh perspective on the active use of objects in the practices of managers and engineers occupied with transitions from invention to commercialization. In conclusion, I present four points to help technology managers and engineers utilize staging with objects as an engineering practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Staging Collaborative Design and Innovation : An Action-Oriented Participatory Approach
Editors	Christian Clausen, Dominique Vinck, Signe Pedersen, Jens Dorland
Number of pages	16
Place of Publication	Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date	Dec 2020
Pages	170-185
Chapter	11
ISBN (Print)	978 1 83910 342 1
ISBN (Electronic)	978 1 83910 343 8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839103438.00022
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Actor-network theory
Auto-ethnography
Intermediary objects
Staging
Technology development
Translation

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Staging Collaborative Design and Innovation: An Action-Oriented Participatory Approach
Clausen, C. (ed.), Vinck, D. (ed.), Pedersen, S. (ed.) & Dorland, J. (ed.), Dec 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing. 288 p.
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Staging referential alignment in industrial–academic collaboration
Bates, C. A. & Juhl, J., Dec 2020, Staging Collaborative Design and Innovation: An Action-Oriented Participatory Approach. Clausen, C., Vinck, D., Pedersen, S. & Dorland, J. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 154-169 16 p.
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Staging Collaborative Design and Innovation: An Action-Oriented Participatory Approach

Staging referential alignment in industrial–academic collaboration

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