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Brent Collett, Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectives
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Water use by sector for Australia 2004, water volumes in gigalitres
Data source: Australian Government Bureau of Statistics, Water Account, 2004-05
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Annual rainfall for Victoria, Australia
Data source: Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Technology to contribute to water savings:Automation of gravity fed irrigation distribution systems
Total Channel Control
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
TCC trial: unintended consequences• Adaptation problems;• Class action;• Lack of expertise and
suitable organisationalstructures;
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Generic attributes of technologies• Wilkinson (1983):
– Technology a negotiable phenomenon;
• Weick (1990):– Equivocal;
• Hughes (1989):1. Physical objects and artifacts;2. Activities or processes;3. What people know and do.Technology: socially constructed and society shaping;
• Law (2005):– Emergent properties;– Complex, patterned interaction of components;– Elements that system made of are shaped and created by the system.
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Evolving systems have trajectories• Trajectories:
– The overall course of the farm system; they emerge over time;• Subtrajectories:
– Making TCC work; new opportunities from TCC; it’s all too much;• Phases:
– The immediate context ;• Shaping:
– Trying to steer the trajectoryon the desired course;
• Contingencies:– Unexpected happenings.
Hypothetical farm trajectory course
Making TCC work
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
New possibilities from TCC
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
It all becomes too much
Channel automation technology: emergent trajectories and social perspectivesCollett, B.P., Nettle, R.A., and Paine, M.S.Towards STS Networking in the Asia-PacificVictoria University, Wellington, 1 December 2008
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