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Re-configuring knowledge infrastructures through building information modelling

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  • Document Type:
    Electronic Resource
  • Online Access:
    http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-192403
  • Additional Information
    • Publisher Information:
      Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi Linköpings universitet, Filosofiska fakulteten Linköpings universitet, Tema teknik och social förändring 2021
    • Added Details:
      Andersson, Réka
      Eidenskog, Maria
    • Abstract:
      Building information modelling (BIM) is argued to create a revolution within the construction industry through more efficient use of recourses and heightened interprofessional collaborations. Although BIM has been accessible for decades, it has yet not managed to become the standard industry method in practice. Based on workshops and interviews with professionals working with BIM, we argue that this is partly due to the de-stabilization of knowledge infrastructures that BIM creates. BIM challenges traditional knowledge hierarchies, as the technology privileges the latest technical competence to other types of knowing. Senior professionals with long working life experience, but limited competence in BIM, have problems to fully adapt to this new technology, as it is not suited to their purposes and imposes limitations to their expertise. In contrast, younger professionals have their basic education in BIM, which gives them a technical advantage, but due to less working experience their knowledge of the overall building process is limited. Consequently, BIM is an example of how technology is not neutral, as it makes conflicting knowledge infrastructures visible and changes power relations. While the latest technology can bring opportunities of new knowledge and optimization, its usefulness can be questioned if it destabilizes established knowledge infrastructures and thus creates conflicts.
      Hur förändrar digitalisering genom BIM organiseringen av planeringsprocessen för nybyggnation?
    • Subject Terms:
      BIM; STS; Knowledge infrastructure; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap; Conference paper; info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject; text
    • Availability:
      Open access content. Open access content
      info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
    • Note:
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      UPE oai:DiVA.org:liu-192403
      0000-0001-9888-303X
      1387003978
    • Contributing Source:
      UPPSALA UNIV LIBR
      From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
    • Accession Number:
      edsoai.on1387003978
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