 Does responsible innovation presuppose design instrumentalism? Examining the case of telecare at home in the NetherlandsAsle H. Kiran Technology in Society, 2012, vol. 34, issue 3, 216-226 Abstract: This paper investigates some conceptual issues in relation to the recent trend of doing responsible innovation. It argues that a reflective attitude to the design process is necessary in order to avoid design instrumentalism. This means paying attention to the framework in which design strategies are articulated. Ignoring conceptual questions about how technologies attain their meaning and function can lead to a counterproductive design strategy because crucial influences on how technologies are shaped within actual practices are ignored. Using a telecare project within the Dutch Responsible Innovation initiative as my starting point, I argue for a design strategy based on methodological insecurity. Such a strategy aims to leave open the possibility for patients and healthcare personnel to shape the manner in which the technology is used within an actual practice, rather than solving questions about ethics and responsibility through the means of technical requirements at the design end. Keywords: Innovation; Responsible innovation; Telecare technology; Design methodology; Midstream modulation; Technology-society relationship; Telemedicine; Healthcare; Netherlands (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:teinso:v:34:y:2012:i:3:p:216-226 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2012.07.001 Access Statistics for this article Technology in Society is currently edited by Charla Griffy-Brown More articles in Technology in Society from Elsevier |
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