CrITS info: News technologies and rural developpement

Blaise Galland (Galland@dasun1.epfl.ch)
Wed, 26 Apr 1995 12:09:15 GMT

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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: PUSH OR FLOP?
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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3rd of May to 5th of May 1995
Technopark, Pfingstweidstr. 3, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland

Information:
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cultur prospective, Gasometerstr. 28, 8005 Z€ric, tel 01/271 83 88; Fax 01/271 97 88

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Programme
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*** First Day, Wednesday 3rd of May 1995

11:30 - 12:00 Arrival and inscription

12:00 - 13:00 opening
- Welcome: Institut cultur prospectiv, CH
- From Push to Flop? A provocative question-mark to the
past experiences,
Hans-Peter Meier-Dallach, CH

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 18:00 "PUSH OR FLOP? RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL
SHAPING OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES"

- "Rural Telematics € Technology, networks and local
rivalry"
Kresten Storgaard, DK

- How can technology diffusion policies create innovative
users?
Arild Jansen, N

- "Swiss research on innovation and technological change"
Pierre Rossel, CH

- Discussion and interventions

*** Second day, Thursday 4th of May 1995

9:00 - 9:30
- "Push or flop € are there alternatives?"
Summary of the first and outlook on the second day,
COST-team

9:30 - 13:00 "NEW TECHNOLOGY-EXPERIENCES PROPSECTIVELY REVIEWED € COMPARISONS ON PUSH OR FLOP"
9:30 - 11:00
- "Constructing technology in social experiments:
Following the actors and the controversies",
Per Hetland, N

- "Different views on introducing telematics in a
rural area: Conclusions of the Gommer case"
Hanna Meier, CH

- Discussion and interventions

11:00 - 11:30 coffee break

11:30 - 13:00
- "Telematic conditions and possibilities for economic
development in the isle of Bornholm",
Jesper Manniche, DK

- "Peripheric situations are not overcome by telematics €
neather for decision-power nor controle",
Simone Rangosch-du Moulin, CH

- "Telework centers in Norway. A presentation of two
ongoing projects",
Tom Eric Julsrud, N

- Discussion and interventions

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 17:00 "NEW TECHNOLOGY-EXPERIENCES AND CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUNDS"

- "Telematics and regional development reconsidered
on the base of the studies Val de Travers and Sierre
in Switzerland",
Siegfried Alberton, CH

- "The social constructivist approach € what does
actor-orientated technology-introduction mean?",
Birgit Jaeger, DK

15:30 - 16:00 coffee break

16:00 - 17:00
- "Centre versus periphery in face of new technologies:
a concept challenged or obsolete?",
Blaise Galland, CH

- "Telematics as a policy of infrastructure?",
Philipp Klaus, CH

- Discussion and interventions

Excursion and Dinner

*** Third day, Friday 5th of May 1995

9:00 - 12:00 "IV EACH EXPERIMENT ITS OWN WORLD? EACH COUNTRY ITS SPECIFIC WAYS AND DETOURS? TOWARDS A COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK.

9:00 - 11:00
- "New Technologies € old problems? An input to a
comparative view on national and local contexts",
Daniela Gloor, CH

- "Bricks to a comparative framework": Evaluation of the
workshop€s €on-line€-posters and discussion with
participants and referents from DK, N and CH

11:00 - 12:00
€ Informations on further COST-team plans
€ Ap€ro offered by Institut cultur prospectiv, COST organisation team

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* Blaise Galland
* Dr. in Anthropology and social science
* Institute of Research on the Built Environement (DA)
* Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
* Lausanne-Switzerland
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