Sponsored by the Office for History of Science and Technology (UC Berkeley)
And the History of Health Sciences Program (UCSF)
Trevor Pinch
Cornell University
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Studying Contexts of Use: The Role of Users in the Creation of the Electronic Music Synthesizer
Between 1964 and 1974 the electronic music synthesizer was invented and marketed. The major innovators were Robert Moog on the East Coast and Don Buchla working from the Tape Music Center at Berkeley. In this paper I chart their different strategies and the different roles users played. This work is part of an on-going study of the role of users in technological innovation.
4:00PM
Monday, October 9, 2006
223 Stephens Hall -- note changed location!
UC Berkeley
Office for History of Science and Technology, 543 Stephens Hall #2350
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2350
tel: (510) 642-4581, e-mail: ohst@berkeley.edu
