Dialogue and Creativity

Reijo Miettinen

doi:10.58662/9783865416735

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Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-86541-348-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-86541-673-5
Publisher: Lehmanns, Berlin
Language: English
Pages: 398
Product type: Book Titles

1. CONTENTS No access
2. LIST OF THE ORIGINAL PAPERS No access
INTRODUCTION: THE ROOTS OF THE DIALOGUE No access Pages 9 - 17
1. Introduction No access
2. The complementary levels of analysis No access
3. The NAA method in the Reactor Laboratory No access
4. 1. The stage of environmental research, 1966–1975 No access
  2. From lunar rocks to uranium analysis, 1975–1979 No access
  3. The crisis and the orientation towards mass analytics and the instrumental multi-elemental analysis of the geological samples, 1980–1986 No access
  4. The new crisis and an orientation to other methods, 1985–1990 No access
5. 1. 1) Automation of the calculation of results in 1972 No access
  2. 2) Automation of measurements in 1975 No access
  3. 3) An automatic gamma spectrometer was obtained in 1982. It both measured and calculated the results No access
  4. 4) The automatic spectrometers are connected to a central computer and terminals in 1988 No access
6. The commercialization of research: “The good old days” lost No access
7. The automation of the NAA and the work of the laboratory assistants No access
8. The division of labour between the researchers and the laboratory assistants No access
9. On the concept of scientific research No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction No access
3. How to study a heterogeneous research agenda? No access
4. First phase of the research: Constructing the subject and basic means in 1992–1994 No access
5. Second phase: The first application, nanoparticles for cancer diagnostics and treatment in 1994–1997 No access
6. Third phase in 1997: Expansion of the research object and formation of the materials team No access
7. Controlling the expanding object: Selection of the relevant phenomena No access
8. Conclusions No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction No access
3. Neuromag and the MEG device No access
4. Local network in transition No access
5. User seminar as an intervention in the research process No access
6. 1. Level 1. Use value of MEG No access
  2. Level 2. Theoretical and practical tools of clinical decision making No access
  3. Level 3. Situated use of MEG: organizing measurement and analysis services No access
7. A major contradiction in the transition process: The inability of the network of producers and developers to meet the user expectations of services No access
8. Conclusions No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Genius theory of invention No access
3. Multiple discoveries and the theory of cultural maturation No access
4. Attributrion theory No access
5. Theory of serendipity No access
6. The emergence and development of enzyme-aided pulp bleaching No access
7. Formulating the idea No access
8. Disciplinary background of the idea: Studies on biotechnical pulp bleaching No access
9. The decisive impulse: Discovery of ligninases outside the cell No access
10. Local factors affecting the idea formation: Hemicellulase research at the VTT Biotechnical Laboratory No access
11. Less funding for ethanol research: New applications are sought from the forest products industry No access
12. Knowledge on biomass fractionation from Batelle Institute is transmitted to VTT No access
13. The social mechanism of preparation No access
14. First experiments and the results No access
15. The latent period: The users and paper and pulp researchers regard the results as insignificant No access
16. Unexpected social processes interfere: Dioxin and chlorine debates as midwives of innovation No access
17. Enzyme-aided pulp bleaching gains the status of invention No access
18. 1. Theory of cultural maturation: Global or local? No access
  2. Attribution theory: Attribution by whom and why? No access
  3. Theory of serendipity: Planned or contingent process? No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The social history of problem finding: Dilemmas and contradictions of technology use No access
3. Sociocultural dimension of inventive work: Dialogue and the mobilization of diverse cultural resources to problem solving and artifact construction No access
4. The emergence and early development of the Delfia-technology No access
5. 1. The study on the possibilities of the method based on fluorescence polarization No access
  2. The time-resolved method using fluorochromes No access
  3. The idea of rare earth metals as a label No access
  4. The testing of the workability of the probe in the laboratory No access
  5. The selection of the measurement method No access
6. Development of the earth-metal chelate and discovery of the dissociation method No access
7. Whose invention? Arguments in the courtroom No access
8. Conclusions No access
1. Introduction No access
2. From individual psychology to a cultural and systemic view of creativity No access
3. Contradictions and functional failures of practices as a driving force of creation No access
4. Network construction as a means of boundary crossing, problem finding and of the hybridization of cultural resources No access
5. Contingency – the unanticipated intertwining of chains of events and the potential multiusability of artifacts No access
6. Discussion about the possibility of the management of creativity No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction No access
3. Kolb’s eclectic method and its consequences No access
4. 1. (1) The shared societal object of the group is eliminated and the “group interaction as such” becomes the object of analysis No access
  2. (2) The collection and analysis of the data by the researchers is replaced by the discussion of the recollections of the group members No access
  3. (3) Individualization of experience No access
  4. (4) The concept of experience is tied to humanistic anthropology and values No access
5. The dynamics of the model of experiental learning No access
6. The problem of induction and theory ladenness of observations No access
7. Dewey’s naturalistic model of reflective thought and action No access
8. 1. (1) The indeterminate situation: the habit does not work No access
  2. (2) Intellectualization: defining the problem No access
  3. (3) Studying the conditions of the situation and formation of a working hypothesis No access
  4. (4) Reasoning – in a narrower sense No access
  5. (5) Testing the hypothesis by action No access
9. The two-edged nature of experience: Empirical and theoretical thought No access
10. Hypothesis and models as plans of action No access
11. Conclusions No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Two theories of activity: Instrumentalism and mediation No access
3. Activity as a constitutive philosophical category of the two theories No access
4. Meanings are not about “things out there” but about activities in which people and things are configured and transformed No access
5. Resistance and the objectivity of knowledge No access
6. Experimentation and intervention is social research No access
7. Conclusions No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Dualism of Vygotsky? No access
3. Subjects and objects as products of activity No access
4. The impossibility of ultimate distinctions: Subjective objects and industry as an open book of human psychology No access
5. (Dis)continuity and development of higher psychological processes No access
6. Motive and activity No access
7. Transactional philosophy and empirical research of activity No access
8. Dewey, practical activity and concern for the human condition No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction No access
3. Rorty’s critique of Dewey and Garrison’s counterargument suggesting that Dewey’s philosophy is a philosophy of cultural retooling No access
4. Habit and situation in Dewey’s logic of experience No access
5. Inquiry, continuity and learning: Where are the artifacts? No access
6. Concluding discussion No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction No access
3. The object and social organization of the alternative-enterprise studies No access
4. Phases and work forms of the alternative-enterprise project No access
5. The business plan for the alternative enterprise RaumaTrack as an outline for the zone of proximal development of the partner firm No access
6. Conclusions No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction No access
3. About the background and the methdological endeavors of ANT No access
4. Activity theory and mediation by artifacts No access
5. Production of nature/cultures and co-production of object and subject in activity: Parallel solutions to the problem of dualism No access
6. The concept of mediation in ANT and AT No access
7. Mediation in analysis of technical artifacts: Distribution or delegation or what? No access
8. Artifact and thing as a contradictory unity of the human construction and prehuman natural quality No access
9. Mediation in empirical studies of innovations: The three problems of generalized symmetry No access
10. How to structure the analysis of a heterogeneous network I: Object construction and the VTT Biotechnology Laboratory No access
11. How to structure the analysis of a heterogeneous network II: The network of activity systems constructing the ethanol production No access
12. The contribution and resistance of Trichoderma reesei and waste wood No access
13. Intentionality mediated by models No access
14. Discussion No access
1. Introduction No access
2. The roots of constructivism in psychology of learning and education: von Glasersfeld’s conception No access
3. Psychological constructivism and constructivism as a label for a new learning theory No access
4. Extension of the debate: Introduction of community, communication, and culture No access
5. Attempts to define the versions of constructivism No access
6. Looking for the criteria for differentiating between the theories No access
7. The difference between social constructivism and practice-based theories No access
8. Conclusions No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction: The renewed interest in the idea of object-oriented practice No access
3. Need, object and motive No access
4. Object of activity in the context of studying change and development in work No access
5. Complex and contradictory nature of an object of activity No access
6. Ethanol from waste wood: Functional complexity of an object and distributed expertise No access
7. Desire for recognition and the development of individual object-related motives No access
8. Conclusion No access
1. Abstract No access
2. Introduction No access
3. Habits and routines as carriers of organizational knowledge and continuity No access
4. Artefacts for reflection and organizational change No access
5. Making a practice into an epistemic object: The developmental contradictions of the labour-protection inspector’s work in the 1980s No access
6. Analyzing the practice and ist contradictions No access
7. Elaboration of the model for an alternative practice No access
8. Designing and testing the instruments for the new practice No access
9. Reorganizing management to conform to the new object of activity No access
10. Conclusion and implications for future work No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Howard Becker’s reflections on taking sides in social research: Activism or methodological neutralism? No access
3. From humanist values and discourse ethics to object-sensitive contributions No access
4. Comparing the approaches and the roles of the researchers No access
5. Power and mediation – skepticism and commitment No access
6. From methods and single research projects to the micropolitics of research, transdisciplinary arenas and networks No access
REFERENCES No access Pages 341 - 398