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Social Science Research on CAD/CAM

Results of a First European Workshop

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Michael Rader

    1. Abteilung für Angewandte Systemanalyse, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

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  2. Bernd Wingert

    1. Abteilung für Angewandte Systemanalyse, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

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  3. Ulrich Riehm

    1. Abteilung für Angewandte Systemanalyse, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Editor’s Introduction: A Personal History of the European CAD/CAM Social Studies Network

    1. Editor’s Introduction: A Personal History of the European CAD/CAM Social Studies Network

      • Michael Rader
      Pages 1-8

  3. National Reviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. CAD/CAM and Social Science in Scandinavia

      • Håkon Finne
      Pages 10-26

    3. Social Science Research on CAD/CAM in the UK

      • Ian Mcloughlin
      Pages 27-35

    4. Selected Results from German Language Studies in the Social Sciences on the Effects of CAD-Techniques

      • Bernd Wingert, Ulrich Riehm, Michael Rader
      Pages 36-47

    5. CAD Applications in Italy — A Review

      • Olimpio Brivio, Giancarlo Cainarca, Marco Mutinelli, Claudio Roveda
      Pages 48-54

    6. The Hungarian CAD/CAM Scene

      • George Kovács
      Pages 55-57

    7. Computer Aided Design in Switzerland

      • Wolf D. Zinkl
      Pages 58-60

    8. Notes on Other Countries

      • Michael Rader, Peter Higgins, Maurits van Wagenberg
      Pages 61-62

  4. The Nature of Design and the Effects of CAD/CAM

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-65
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    2. Tacit Knowledge Versus System Knowledge

      • Lauge Baungaard Rasmussen, Erik Rask Eriksen, Finn Hansen
      Pages 66-86

    3. Selected Hardware and Software Criteria for a Comfortable CAD System

      • Karin Spors
      Pages 87-90

    4. CAD as Mental Labour a Theoretical Approach and Some Practical Consequences

      • Martin Resch
      Pages 91-103

    5. CAD/CAE: Analysis of Technological Innovation with Special Attention for the Consequences as to the Quantity and Quality of Labour

      • Annick Clauwaert, Jan Huys, Paul Berckmans
      Pages 104-113

    6. Psychosocial Factors in CAD/CAM Research and Development Activities

      • Ann Kjellberg
      Pages 114-118

  5. Implementation of CAD and Training

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-120
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    2. Prior Knowledge and Learning in Computer Aided Tasks

      • Yvonne Waern
      Pages 121-132

    3. Management Strategies for the Introduction and Control of Interactive Computer Graphics Systems

      • Ian McLoughlin
      Pages 133-143

    4. Decision-Making on CAD in Consulting Firms in Denmark

      • Marianne Fodgaard
      Pages 144-148
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About this book

Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) are but two of the more recent examples of computer applications in domains previously dominated by human labour. The use of computers in such areas has increasingly attracted social science research. There are several reasons one could suggest for this, not least of them being the simple fact that public money is being provided for such research. Of course, some of the interest may be due to the wish to prove that technology is being used to inhuman ends, but undoubtedly there is also some degree of fascination involved. Can you really do all the things with computers that people claim you can? There is certainly satisfaction to be had from smugly pointing out its shortcomings, but many of the few sociologists in our own organisation are also among the most avid users of modern technology. Needless to say, they also belong to the most critical users of the technology! A new strain of motivation for social science research which appears to be gaining significance, is the desire to "re-direct" technology, or at least - and probably more realistically - to playa part in shaping future technology . The entire range of motives may be recognised in the collection of papers contained in this volume.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abteilung für Angewandte Systemanalyse, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

    Michael Rader, Bernd Wingert, Ulrich Riehm

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Science Research on CAD/CAM

  • Book Subtitle: Results of a First European Workshop

  • Editors: Michael Rader, Bernd Wingert, Ulrich Riehm

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52380-9

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0392-1Published: 26 January 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-52380-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 289

  • Topics: Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, R & D/Technology Policy

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