Ph.d. afhandling, Thomas Bjørner

organization, contextualizing and more ´focused´ study of the STB trial” (O´Brien et al.
1999: 290). Undersøgelsen peger på en række rutiner og interaktioner i hjemmet i
forholdet til teknologien, og en af konklusionerne er således også ”that everyday routine
activities in the home are so closely interwoven with technology. The technology not only
fits within routine but may be used as a means of constructing the very routine of home
life” (O´Brien et al. 1999: 290). Denne optik er dog ikke unik for O´Brien et al.s
undersøgelse, men er fremkommet ved et væld af HCI (Human Computer Interaction)
forskningsresultater. Venkatesh (opr. 1985, In: O´Brien 1999) peger på, at man begynder
at fokusere på vigtigheden af interaktionen mellem det tekniske og sociale arrangement i
husstandene. Han udreder et teoretisk fundament af husstandens teknologiske apparater,
der identificeres som to ”rum” i hjemmet:
”The social space which is constituted by the social structure of the household
and the activities performed within the household [and] the technological space,
which represents the nature of the technological environment within the
household” (Venkatesh In: O´Brien et al. 1999: 284-285).
Med denne distinktion ønsker Venkatesh at disse ”rum” interagerer både som komplekse
og uforudsigelige størrelser, men samtidig ”that it is in the nature of this interaction that
domestic technologies find their character” (O´Brien et al. 1999: 285).
”From the technolology side, this conceptualisation shows how computers and
new media technologies may be adopted and used; from the user side, it helps
identify the internal dynamics of family life that determine successful (or
unsuccessful) adoption and use of the technologies. This dynamic can
besummed up as the interaction between the social space and the technological
space…We cannot assume that what the technology can do in the household is
the same as what the household wants to do with the technology” (Venkatesh
In: O´Brien et al. 1999: 285).
Jeg har dog valgt her at redegøre nærmere for O´Briens et al. undersøgelse, fordi den på
nogle punkter ligner min egen undersøgelse. Jeg har dog ikke foretaget nogen egentligt
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