- PII
- S0869-54150000402-5-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S50000402-5-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 3
- Pages
- 88-104
- Abstract
- The article derives from the results of ethnographic research conducted by the author in 2003- 2010 and draws on fi eldwork data and focused biographical interviews (2007-2010) with technical specialists working in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, and Rostov-on-Don. The goal of the article is to take the area known as data recovery for a case study and illustrate the active part that user communities play in maintaining computerized technologies, developing innovations, and shaping technological service markets.
- Keywords
- anthropology of technologies, science and technology studies, STS, virtual communities, network communities, users, technological innovations
- Date of publication
- 01.05.2012
- Year of publication
- 2012
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 656