Deploying an ‘Out of Space' Technology: A Case Study of Non-Human Resistance

• Main Authors: Samo Grasic, Maria Udén
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Staloluokta
• Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/ijantti.2014070103

This study investigates how environments into which new technologies are introduced interact and interfere with the deployment process, the deployed technologies as well as the research conducted. The material that is used in this study draws from the N4C project development and deployment of Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) technology in the remote Arctic villages of Ritsem and Staloluokta. As the development of DTN technology prior to the deployment was conducted primarily in the laboratories, its usability and functionality still needed to be proven on the field of deployment. Here, Actor Network Theory (ANT) was employed to reveal how climate, flora, fauna and other elements present in the field of deployment interacted and interfered with, but more importantly, drove the technological development and the continued research work.