Technology Nurtured - Collectives in Maintaining and Implementing Technology for Elderly Care
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Elderly care has become an increasingly appealing market for technology producers. Design for the elderly, however, often entails the meeting of two different worlds, one of young male high-tech professionals and one of elderly people and elderly care. This paper focuses on what happens to a new security technology making the transition between the two. Particular emphasis is laid on distributed and collective aspects of implementation and adaptation of new technology: networks of utilization and activities are discussed as pools of resources and interests for sustaining and shaping technology. *Key words*: implementation, networks, elderly care
Source: Science & Technology Studies
DOI: 10.23987/sts.55164
Author: Sampsa Hyysalo
Institution: University of Helsinki
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Tekes
OpenAlex ID: W95484899