abstract:

This article investigates the attempts to regulate innovation in Sweden’s road traffic system, specifically small, two-wheeled motorized vehicles or mopeds. Regulators wanted to establish a definition of the moped as a utility vehicle. Moped users and producers challenged their intentions, envisioning the moped as a vehicle for leisure. Our close reading of artefacts allows us to trace the evolution of moped technology and to conceptualize innovation in the moped niche. Situating moped innovation within the context of regulatory attempts and social change, we show how the imposition of technical requirements failed to regulate specific usage of a consumer technology. More broadly, the case study shows how users together with the producers find ways to innovate and shape technologies for their own purposes.

摘要：

本文研究了规范瑞典道路交通系统（特别是小型两轮机动车辆或轻便摩托车）创新的尝试。监管机构希望建立轻便摩托车作为多用途车的定义。轻便摩托车的使用者和生产者挑战了他们的意图，将轻便摩托车设想为一种休闲工具。我们对文物的仔细阅读使我们能够追踪轻便摩托车技术的发展，并在轻便摩托车利基市场中概念化创新。通过在监管尝试和社会变革的背景下进行轻便摩托车创新，我们将展示出技术要求的实施如何未能规范消费技术的特定用途。从更广泛的角度来看，案例研究显示了用户与生产者如何共同为自己的目的寻找创新和塑造技术的方式。