TY - JOUR
T1 - Socio-cultural framing during the emergence of a technological field
T2 - Creating cultural resonance for solar technology
AU - Lempiälä, Tea
AU - Apajalahti, Eeva Lotta
AU - Haukkala, Teresa
AU - Lovio, Raimo
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - This paper depicts how cultural resonance for novel technologies is constructed as a gradual, interactive process. We adopt a cultural framing perspective and strive to understand how actors assign meaning to the novel technology and determine its appropriateness for the local context. Existing research has largely focused on the strategic and political aspects of field framing processes through depicting conscious framing struggles between protagonist and antagonist actors. In addition to such strategic framing activities, we examine how other socio-cultural factors, such as changes in actor positions, interaction between framing activities, and the cultural “repertoire” of frames interact in producing cultural resonance. For our empirical case study, we followed the emerging technological field of solar energy during an intensive period of change. Our study contributes to the growing number of studies that draw attention to the creation of cultural resonance as an interactive multi-actor process by offering in-depth understanding of the multifaceted interactions that constitute the meaning-making process for an emerging field.
AB - This paper depicts how cultural resonance for novel technologies is constructed as a gradual, interactive process. We adopt a cultural framing perspective and strive to understand how actors assign meaning to the novel technology and determine its appropriateness for the local context. Existing research has largely focused on the strategic and political aspects of field framing processes through depicting conscious framing struggles between protagonist and antagonist actors. In addition to such strategic framing activities, we examine how other socio-cultural factors, such as changes in actor positions, interaction between framing activities, and the cultural “repertoire” of frames interact in producing cultural resonance. For our empirical case study, we followed the emerging technological field of solar energy during an intensive period of change. Our study contributes to the growing number of studies that draw attention to the creation of cultural resonance as an interactive multi-actor process by offering in-depth understanding of the multifaceted interactions that constitute the meaning-making process for an emerging field.
KW - Field emergence
KW - Framing
KW - Socio-technical transitions
KW - Solar energy
KW - Technological innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070767944&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103830
DO - 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103830
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070767944
VL - 48
JO - Research Policy
JF - Research Policy
SN - 0048-7333
IS - 9
M1 - 103830
ER -