Dominique Vinck

Dominique Vinck
  • Professor (Full) at University of Lausanne

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Introduction
Science and technology studies. Ethnography of research labs. New research project: social shaping of digital tools for digital humanities.
Current institution
University of Lausanne
Current position
  • Professor (Full)
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August 2011 - present
University of Lausanne
Position
  • Professor (Full)
Position
  • Professor (Full)
August 2011 - present
University of Lausanne

Publications

Publications (409)
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This timely book takes an insightful look at rethinking innovation and how lessons can be learnt from what is a major turning point in our contemporary societies: the urgent need to reduce the use or consumption of certain substances and technologies due to the dangers they pose to our environments and current way of life. Using theoretical reflect...
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Lors de la Fête des Vignerons, un événement culturel pluriséculaire qui se répète tous les 20 à 25 ans, de nombreux matériaux et technologies sont éprouvés et travaillés afin d’être intégrés comme composantes d’une performance scénique de grande ampleur. Ces technologies et matériaux participent de la dramaturgie et constituent autant de ressources...
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Depuis plus de cinquante ans, les études des sciences et techniques (STS) analysent les rapports tortueux et compliqués entre sciences, technologies et sociétés. En nous appuyant sur les enseignements de ce champ de recherche, nous faisons quelques propositions pour penser la mise en œuvre des savoirs produits par les sciences sociales, à la fois d...
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To conclude this stage of research on the representations of supernatural agents in children’s drawings, this chapter summarizes some of the main results of the works collected in this volume. The use of drawings to study children’s representations is not a classic methodology in child psychology. Analysing images is challenging on different levels...
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This introduction presents the project Children’s Drawings of Gods , relating its history from its origins through the present day. Following this recounting, we explain the organisation of this volume, introduce its parts and subparts, and briefly describe the content of each chapter.
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We explore the strategies implemented by Research Groups' Leaders while coping with unstable contexts, characterized by incoherence and lack of coordination among different policy discourses and instruments, and scarce resources. We focus on a country where these conditions are present: Colombia. In doing so, we study two cases, one in nanotechnolo...
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Usage réduit d’antibiotiques, ville sans voiture, agriculture sans pesticide, basse consommation énergétique, menus sans viande, etc. Cette liste, allongeable à souhait, amène à un constat sans appel. Les réponses aux défis qui traversent nos sociétés passent de plus en plus par la réduction, voire le retrait de certaines substances, technologies o...
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Partant d’une enquête ethnographique portant sur la sonorisation d’un spectacle de grande ampleur, l’article cherche à comprendre ce qu’il advient du son traité numériquement dans une situation où les ingénieurs impliqués cherchent à produire un «son naturel». L’enquête prête attention à l’ontologie de ce qui compose le son pour répondre à la quest...
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This stimulating book proposes the concept of staging as a tool for planning and facilitating design and innovation activities. Drawing on a predominantly Scandinavian tradition of participatory design research and sociotechnical perspectives from actor–network theory, it discusses how staging can enable co-design, sustainable transitions and socia...
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The purpose of this paper is to study the place of detachment processes in market innovation. The authors draw on the case of short food supply chains, especially those established to provide local produce for mass catering. They characterise short food supply chains as “market innovations through withdrawal”, i.e. market innovations aiming at deta...
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Les migrations internationales contribuent à définir l’État et ses formes de citoyenneté. Elles modifient les relations professionnelles, transforment les espaces géographiques et jouent un rôle fondamental dans les expressions artistiques. Par effet miroir, les pratiques des migrants sont, elles aussi, tributaires des contraintes et opportunités q...
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This essay review evaluates recent contributions in the field of maintenance and repair studies with a focus on a special issue of Tecnoscienza on this research field and a volume edited by Ignaz Strebel, Alain Bovet, and Philippe Sormani entitled Repair Work Ethnographies: Revisiting Breakdown, Relocating Materiality. These two publications provid...
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The first stages of the modeling process remain thus far poorly studied, in particular the modeler's decision-making in regard to the inclusion and representation of environmental phenomena within the model. Anchoring itself in the theoretical and methodological framework of Science and Technology Studies, the present study aims at identifying and...
Research Proposal
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Engineering Studies warmly welcome prospective authors to submit their contributions to a special issue dedicated to New engineering actors and practices in agriculture. The study of engineers and engineering generally focuses on product design, infrastructure (transport, water, energy, telecommunication), and particular industries such as aerospac...
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El texto analiza el hecho de que con el surgimiento de las humanidades digitales, el patrimonio cultural se vuelve un campo de interés para disciplinas e instituciones que no lo estaban considerando antes. A través de un estudio de caso –la digitalización de 5.000 horas de grabación de un festival de jazz durante 50 años–, este artículo identifica...
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The success of science, technology, and innovation (STI) programs depend on the contributions of researchers, their networks and interactions with policymakers and implementers. Despite this recognition, the literature on STI policy retains a top-down focus. A bottom-up perspective is needed to appreciate how the research community responds to a gi...
Conference Paper
Purpose – Through the Mediator Agents of Knowledge (MAK) analytical lens, this paper shows the role played by some of the research groups of Los Andes University in the context of metropolitan area of Bogotá. The question is: which of these groups are, could be or could become MAK? Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the ISI-Thomson and SC...
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http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/12/1/000359/000359.html Cet article reprend les potentialités et les difficultés rencontrées lors de l’élaboration d’outils numériques dans le cadre d’un projet interdisciplinaire investiguant des dessins de dieux chez l’enfant et l’adolescent. Il se concentre sur les réorientations du projet qui en ont déc...
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Cette contribution révèle le double enjeu de la recherche interdisciplinaire qui réside de manière complémentaire dans l’avancement du dialogue entre les disciplines et dans la co-production de nouvelles méthodes et techniques d’analyse. Au travers d’une auto-analyse d’un projet de recherche interdisciplinaire et multiculturel sur les représentatio...
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S'appuyant sur trois enquêtes de terrain qui portent sur le façon- nage d'êtres numériques (algorithmes, bases de données, objets numérisés), le présent article traite des relectures méthodologiques que l'on peut faire de trois contributions de Latour à l'enquête ethnographique. 1) II montre que l'accent mis sur les séquences d'action permet d'enga...
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Muitas publicações falam de interdisciplinaridade em geral, apresentando a necessidade desta, suas vantagens e limitações. Muitas dessas publicações apresentam defesas ou críticas a este fenômeno atual, outras oferecem abordagens epistemológicas e discutem as condições epistêmicas que garantam a sua eficiência. Mas não existem muitas publicações qu...
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This article analyses the conditions of the scientific discovery of Mont-Blanc in regard to the exchanges of artefacts between scholars. In a period when the emerging scientific field is still bordered by artists, men of letters and wealthy travelers, some of these "intermediary objects" combine scientific functions with cultural and social ones. I...
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Muitas publicações falam de interdisciplinaridade em geral, apresentando a necessidade desta, suas vantagens e limitações. Muitas dessas publicações apresentam defesas ou críticas a este fenômeno atual, outras oferecem abordagens epistemológicas e discutem as condições epistêmicas que garantam a sua eficiência. Mas não existem muitas publicações qu...
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Avec les sociétés de la connaissance, le rôle des savoirs experts s’est renforcé dans tous les domaines de la vie sociale. Quand ils touchent les processus délibératifs et la décision politique, leur rôle questionne la qualité et la nature des dispositifs démocratiques contemporains, compte tenu de l’éloignement de la citoyenneté qu’ils produisent...
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En los últimos años, el compromiso de las asociaciones de pacientes - y más ampliamente los grupos afectados por un problema relacionado con el conocimiento científico - en la producción de conocimiento se ha convertido en un tema clásico en las ciencias sociales. El conocimiento vivencial producido por estas asociaciones y estos grupos son un reto...
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The scientific project and editorial practices of the journal of anthropology of knowledge
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L'article rappelle le projet scientifique et éditorial à l'origine de la Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances (RAC), lancée en 2007, en particulier la convergence pluridisciplinaire qui l'avait portée sur ses fondations. Il expose ensuite les pratiques et les choix de politique éditoriale qui l'ont façonnée et dont les procédures ne sont pas a p...
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L'article rappelle le projet scientifique et éditorial à l'origine de la Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances (RAC), lancée en 2007, en particulier la convergence pluridisciplinaire qui l'avait portée sur ses fondations. Il expose ensuite les pratiques et les choix de politique éditoriale qui l'ont façonnée et dont les procédures ne sont pas a p...
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El artículo da cuenta de los estudios sociales sobre las bases de datos en ciencias humanas y sociales que se acercan a los estudios sobre infraestructuras de investigación. A pesar de las diferencias teóricas entre estos estudios, se destacan cuatro direcciones de análisis. A continuación, examina tres cuestiones planteadas por el caso de las base...
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L’article rend compte des études sociales sur les bases de données en sciences humaines et sociales qui rejoignent les études sur les infrastructures de la recherche. Malgré des différences théoriques notoires entre ces études, quatre grandes directions d’analyse sont mises en évidence. Il se penche ensuite sur trois problématiques que posent le ca...
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The article reports on social studies of databases in human and social sciences that join studies on research infrastructures. Despite significant theoretical differences between these studies, four main directions of analysis are highlighted. It then examines three issues raised by the case of research databases and digital data collections in HSS...
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El IV Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial “La Responsabilidad Social del Ingeniero Industrial” organizado por el Grupo de investigación Gestión de la Innovación Tecnológica y Productividad “GINTECPRO” de la Universidad El Bosque, tuvo lugar el pasado 10 y 11 de noviembre de 2015 en el auditorio principal de la Universidad. Su objetivo g...
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Les organisations qui cooperent font face a la necessite de partager des informations et des connaissances entre elles. Qu’il s’agisse de mondialisation des marches, de cooperation au developpement, de cooperation militaire pour le maintien de la paix ou de la constitution d’un patrimoine culturel commun, elles s’efforcent de mobiliser et d’articul...
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Apesar de ser comum afirmar-se que a integração de pessoas doutoradas fora do meio académico está a ser incentivada, a realidade demonstra que estas continuam a trabalhar maioritariamente no sector do ensino superior e da investigação. Indicam neste sentido os dados analisados neste artigo, que explora as trajetórias profissionais de mulheres e de...
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This paper explores how university research groups (RG) deal with the gaps between the requirements of their practices and research strategies, and policies of science, technology and innovation (STI), implemented through various instruments. To this end, we study the case of a research group who develops a technology based on nanotechnology. We co...
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Local trajectories and arrangements play a significant role because the development of a research field, such as nanoscience and nanotechnology, requires substantial investments in human and instrumental resources. But why are there often concentrated in a limited number of places? What dynamics lead to such concentration? The hypothesis is that th...
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Les sciences désignent à la fois une série d'activités productrices de connaissances, plus ou moins différenciées d'autres activités sociales, et le résultat de ces activités (descriptions et énoncés de découvertes ou de lois décrivant ou prédisant des phénomènes, théories, méthodes de travail, savoir-faire incorporés, normes de comportement des sc...
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O artigo analisa o processo de inovação através dos mecanismos de dissociação e distanciamento, em complemento às associações documentadas pela sociologia da tradução. Para tanto, abordam-se as chamadas inovações por subtração, das quais uma das características é justamente a de serem baseadas na diminuição de uma prática, ou da subtração de um det...
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Traduction et révision, avec l'autorisation des éditeurs, de : Dietschy N. , Clivaz C. , Vinck D., 2013. Ein digitales Kulturobjekt. Der Fall der »Restaurierung« des Ecce homo von Borja. Nach Feierabend - Zürcher Jahrbuch für Wissensgeschichte 9 pp. 145-162.
Technical Report
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In order to contribute to the understanding of SSH research and research careers teams of researchers from 13 countries1 came together between 2011 and 2014 to collaborate on the project ‘Mapping the Population, Careers, Mobilities and Impacts of Advanced Research Degree Graduates in the Social Sciences and Humanities’ (POCARIM). Across the 13 coun...
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Le dossier tente de comprendre ce qui arrive aux cultures dont la modernité occidentale avait lié l’expression à l’écrit et au livre. Il se penche sur ce qui arrive aux humanités avec la numérisation et sur ce qu’il advient des rapports entre les humanités et les pratiques sociomatérielles qui façonnaient les savoirs et la culture. Il propose de ré...
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El dossier intenta comprender lo que sucede con las culturas cuya expresión estuvo vinculada a la palabra escrita y al libro por la modernidad occidental. Se examina lo que está sucediendo con las humanidades con la digitalización y lo que está sucediendo con la relación entre las humanidades y las prácticas sociomateriales que dieron forma al cono...
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The special issue attempts to understand what happens to cultures whose expression was linked to the written word and the book by Western modernity. It looks at what is happening to the humanities with digitization and what is happening to the relationship between the humanities and the sociomaterial practices that shaped knowledge and culture. It...
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Los estudios sobre mediadores de conocimiento han estado concentrados en una perspectiva funcional o en la naturaleza intrínseca de los agentes (sociales o materiales) (Burt, 2004; Davenport & Prusak, 2000; Hargadon & Sutton, 1997; Goul & Fernández, 1989). Este trabajo busca investigar los procesos de co-construcción de conocimiento entre universid...
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Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to examine the coupling and decoupling processes between the top-down policies that promote scientific collaboration networks and the practices of the participating actors. Design/methodology/approach – We use a case study design, with the focus on a Colombian network of research groups in the field of nanotech...
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Invernizzi, Hubert, and Vinck study the development of nanoscience policy in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina to examine how the scientific priorities of nations outside Latin America shape those in Latin America. Acknowledging the strong policy influence of the United States and Europe, they nonetheless challenge the narrative of policy imitation by...
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El libro presenta el análisis, la evidencia y los resultados del trabajo Evaluación de las actividades del Foro Consultivo Científico y Tecnológico (2009‐2013), institución mexicana creada por Ley, así como presentar las opiniones, las propuestas y las recomendaciones del Panel Independiente de Expertos Internacionales El objetivo principal del In...
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The article highlights the main contributions of the social studies of engineering, and reports on the historical shaping of its practices and knowledge. It then reviews the state of the art of our knowledge on the production and mobilization of formal and informal knowledge in engineering: knowledge received in training; computational, modelling a...
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L’article rappelle les principales contributions qui relèvent de l’étude sociale de l’ingénierie (engineering studies), dont il rend compte du façonnage historique des pratiques et des savoirs. Il dresse ensuite l’état de l’art de nos connaissances portant sur la production et la mobilisation de savoirs formels et informels en ingénierie : les savo...
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El artículo recuerda las principales contribuciones del estudio social de la ingeniería (engineering studies), e informa sobre la conformación histórica de las prácticas y el conocimiento. A continuación, se revisa el estado del arte de nuestros conocimientos sobre la producción y la movilización de los conocimientos formales e informales en ingeni...
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From engineering practices to sociotechnical transitions The article sets out to explore the engineering work in the field of Micro and Nano Technologies (MNT) visiting a variety of places where technology and society are co-produced: international committees where roadmaps are defined, research labs where new devices are designed, platforms where...
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Based on field experience in medical archives analyzed through insights from ethnomethodology, this paper shows usually invisible aspects of information architecture, including activities and individuals that ensure its production and maintenance. Using the concept of document equipment, we offer a foray into the world of those who perform these da...

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