{"642577":{"#nid":"642577","#data":{"type":"event","title":"HSOC Graduate Forum Speaker- Trevor Pinch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of History and Sociology welcomes Professor Trevor Pinch from Cornell University.\u0026nbsp; Pinch is the\u0026nbsp;Goldwin Smith Professor of Science \u0026amp; Technology Studies and will speak about \u0026ldquo;From Bikes to Synths: On the Road with Social Construction of Technology\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this talk he\u0026nbsp;will review the main ideas of social construction of technology (SCOT), such as interpretive flexibility of technologies, and show how its ideas have gained traction over the years. Pinch\u0026nbsp;will argue that the attention SCOT gives to technological artefacts as hidden carriers of society and culture is one of its enduring strengths. With a detour via the automobile, he\u0026nbsp;will remind us of SCOT\u0026rsquo;s attention to users, gender and power. Pinch\u0026nbsp;will use his\u0026nbsp;case study of the Moog electronic music synthesizer to bring it all together and show where SCOT may be heading with its encounter between music and Sound Studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo attend the talk online, go to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/911566306\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/911566306\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor of science and technology studies, Dr. Trevor Pinch of Cornell University, will give a talk on \u201cFrom Bikes to Synths: On the Road with Social Construction of Technology.\u201d"}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2021-01-05 20:48:15","changed_gmt":"2021-01-05 20:49:52","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-01-27T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2021-01-27T13:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-01-27T13:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-01-27 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-01-27 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-01-27 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642574":{"id":"642574","type":"image","title":"Trevor Pinch","body":null,"created":"1609879276","gmt_created":"2021-01-05 20:41:16","changed":"1609879276","gmt_changed":"2021-01-05 20:41:16","alt":"Photo of Trevor Pinch","file":{"fid":"244046","name":"Pinch.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Pinch.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Pinch.png","mime":"image\/png","size":109325,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Pinch.png?itok=3yGr13VO"}}},"media_ids":["642574"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186585","name":"Trevor Pinch"},{"id":"1683","name":"history"},{"id":"167053","name":"sociology"},{"id":"166902","name":"science and technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}