Emotional Drivers of Innovation : Exploring the Moral Economy of Prototypes / Franziska Sorgel.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- I. The Sensitivity of The New -- II. Methodological Approaches and Empirical Analysis -- 2.1 Medical Prototypes as a Resource of Care -- 2.2 Methodology -- 2.3 The Research Sites -- 1) The MedTech Incubator: Health Hub -- 2) The Makerspace: M.lab -- 3) The Creative Space: The Believer School -- 4) The Firm: 'Hydro' -- 5) The Private Investor and Innovator: Karwen -- 2.4 Materials, Methods, and Analysis -- 2.5 Reflexions During and After the Fieldwork -- 1) Confidentiality and discretion: Finding Adequate Interlocuters -- 2) Finding a way to Talk About emotions -- 3) The Ambivalence of Talking -- 4) Following the Prototype During a Pandemic -- Theory - Thinking, Feeling, and Acting in the Moral Economy -- III. From Problem to Possibility -- 3.1 Imagining Possibilities -- 3.1.1 Imagination as a Mental Force -- 3.1.2 Creativity as an Imaginative Act -- 3.2 Experiencing Daily Life -- 3.2.1 William James and the Creative Reality -- 3.2.2 John Dewey's Experiences as Interactions -- 3.3 Emotions Constituting the Technological Artefact -- 3.3.1 Emotionality with Things -- 3.3.2 How Emotions Lead to Judgement -- 3.4 Interim Conclusion: The 'Moral Economy' Around the Artefact -- 3.4.1 The One and the Many Ideas -- 3.4.2 Esprit de Corps in the Moral Economy -- VI. InnovationMaking -- 4.1 Structures of Innovation I: Spaces for Possibilities -- Introductory Vocabulary on Innovation and its Definitions -- 4.1.1 Creating a Creative Environment -- 4.1.2 'Culture(s)' in InnovationMaking -- 4.1.3 Expectations as Iterations in a BlackBoxed System -- 4.2 Structures of Innovation II: Narratives, Myths, and Beliefs -- 4.2.1 The Evolving Narrative on Innovation -- 4.2.2 Mythmaking, Belief, and Performance -- 4.2.3 How Narratives Adapt -- 4.3 Values and Evaluation.

4.3.1 Constructing Value Consensus -- 4.3.2 Serendipity or a Matter of Perspective? -- 4.3.3 The Problematic Verifiability of Innovation -- Empiricism - A System of Emotional Forces Around Innovation -- V. The Imaginative Remedy -- 5.1 Dreaming of Bright Futures -- From the field diary 6 February 2020 -- 5.2 Seeing Problems, Being Radical -- 5.3 Emotional Motives -- 5.4 Conviction, Purpose, and Impact -- VI. Premises and Other Problems -- 6.1 Finding a Lingua Franca -- 6.2 Conflicts and Emotional DecisionMaking -- 6.3 Trustful Coalitions -- 6.4 'Fake It Till You Make It' -- VII. Emotions as Valuta -- 7.1 Claims and Ownership -- 7.2 Evaluations: From SelfFulfilment to Gilded Futures -- 7.3 Demo Day: Performing Emotion -- 7.4 Emotions as a Product -- VIII. The Moral Economy of Different Intentionalities -- 8.1 From Radicality to Reductions to -- 1) The Radicality's Creativity -- 2) The Moral Impact -- 3) Structures of Innovation -- 4) Innovation's Obstacles -- 5) Trust as a MetaEmotion in CoWorking Processes -- 6) Emotions as Commodities -- 8.2 Activity -- References.

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