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Knowledge Transfer Discussion paper prepared for The AQUADAPT workshop, Montpellier October 25th-27th 2002
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document --> technical publication --> report
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EU Projects
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2002 |
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Seaton Associates, 2002, Knowledge Transfer Discussion paper prepared for The AQUADAPT workshop,
Montpellier October 25th-27th 2002
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Seaton Associates
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EC Project
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Soil and groundwater processes overview
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You will need to take my background into account as you read this material. I have
worked with engineers, “soft systems” theorists and social scientists in a post
graduate research environment for over thirty years and over the last twelve years
with archaeologists, social anthropologists and human geographers as well. Most of
my work has been to do with the interaction between engineered systems (hard and
soft) and people. The context has largely been that of the utilities (transport, energy,
water, agriculture, communications, waste), often in the light of climate change and
environmental impact. My field of interest I call “Technology” – the study of the
technos.
Technology, as the study of the technos, takes in not only the output of the
engineering sciences but also the new forms of organisation which use them, their
impacts and interactions with people at large and with the so-called “natural system”
in which those people are embedded and with which they also interact..
Technology is considered to be applied knowledge; applied in organisations,
communities, policy contexts and so on. This use of the word technology serves to
distinguish knowledge related perspectives on technology from those which are
concerned with engineering and artefacts, which now more often means design,
mechanisms and infrastructure. Technology is thus taken to include interactions
which involve that wider range of human knowledge activity which also underpin
organisations, systems of government, methods, procedures and so on.
However, this is not a definitive paper. Not least, one aim is to stimulate additional
material and thoughts from our international and multiple perspective network as we
work.. So this guide should be seen as a starting point for debate which will
hopefully end up in three years time as a more comprehensive and more accessible
compendium of views.
Parallel to this guide is the one on knowledge representation by Nick Winder. There
is a useful tension between the two fields. Many ideas about knowledge transfer
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Submitted By:
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Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 14/02/2006
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