IFRIS - Institut Francilien Recherche Innovation Société

Les Presses des Mines are pleased to announce the publication of the book :
Reduced use of antibiotics, car-free cities, pesticide-free agriculture, low
energy consumption, meatless menus, etc.
This list, which can be extended at will, leads to a clear statement. The answers to the challenges
challenges facing our societies increasingly involve the reduction, or even the withdrawal, of certain
of certain substances, technologies or artefacts that are at the heart of our way of life and
production. Doing without, doing with less, have thus become horizons for innovation.
What are the processes at work? How are the mechanisms and properties of these innovations different from those
different from those known until now? How do these innovations
question the conceptual tools of the social sciences, especially in the field of science and
science and technology studies?
This collective work provides answers to these questions, based on theoretical reflections
This collective work provides answers to these questions, based on theoretical reflections and empirical work on sectors as varied as agriculture, food
agriculture, food, health, religion, energy, markets and digital technology. It opens up
new perspectives to enrich our understanding of innovation processes and the transformations of
transformations of contemporary
societies

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