[PUBLICATIONS per 01.11.2006]

Publications, presentations and working papers listed with most recent first. Norwegian publications are in green. Some of these texts are available as pdf documents, if so, follow links. If not, email me to get them.


Tjora, A.H. (2007) The Groove in the Box: A Technologically-Mediated Inspiration in Electronic Dance Music, forthcoming (accepted) in Science, Technology, & Human Values.

Tjora, A.H. (2006) Writing Small Discoveries: An Exploration of Fresh Observers Observations, Qualitative Research, vol 6, no 4, pp. 429-451.

Tjora, A.H. og Willis, E. (2006) På sosiologisk spor: En innføring i sosiologisk forståelse. Trondheim: Tapir akademiske forlag.

Thomsen, J. and Tjora, A.H. (2006) Changeable Space as Temporary Home: A Qualitative Exploration of Life in an Experimental Student House, Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, no. 3.

Engesmo, J. and Tjora, A.H. (2006) Documenting for whom? A symbolic interactionist analysis of technologically induced changes of nursing handovers, New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 176-189.

Håland, E. and Tjora, A.H. (2006) Between asset and process: Developing competence by implementing a learning management system, Human Relations, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 993-1016.

Tjora, A.H. and Thomsen, J. (2006) Dwelling as Collaboration: From Experimental Architectural Design to Well-Functioning Housing, PDC (Participatory Design Conference) 2006 Proceedings vol II, pp. 97-100.

Tjora, A.H. (2006) Teknologi som verktøy: En sosiologisk analyse av gode grunner til teknologisk konservatisme [Technology as Tools: A Sociological Analysis of Good Reasons for Technological Conservatism], presentation at the Sociological Winter Seminar, Skeikampen, January.

Tjora, A.H, Brasethvik, T., Faxvaag, A. and Stokken, R. (2005) COPIM: Collaborative Personal Illness Management: drawing patients into collaborative health work, workshop presentation at ECSCW (The European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work), Paris Sept.

Tjora, A.H. (2005) Utvikling av medisinsk sosiologi i Norge [The Development of Medical Sociology in Norway], presented at the first Norwegian Workshop in Medical Sociology, Aug 18-19, Trondheim.

Tjora, A.H., Tran, T. and Faxvaag, A. (2005) Privacy vs Usability: A Qualitative Exploration of Patients' Experiences with Secure Internet Communication with Their General Practitioner, Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 7, no. 2, e15.

Tjora, A.H. (2005) Book Review of "Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer" by Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco, Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 317-320.

Kaspersen, J.H., Aasland, J., Leira, H.O., Ødegård, A., Nagelhus, B., Størset, G., Lundbom, J., Rosenlund, T.T., Tjora, A., Myhre, H.O. (2005) Three-Dimensional Teleradiology for Surveillance Following Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Feasibility Study, Journal of Endovascular Therapy, vol. 12, pp. 196-199.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) Den digitale pasient. Tidsskriftet Helse Medisin Teknikk, nr 6, s. 26-30.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) Maintaining Redundancy in the Coordination of Medical Emergencies, CSCW’04, ACM Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, CHI Letters 6(3), 132-141.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) What do we know? What do we do? Applying knowledge about hospital practice to design well-functioning information systems, in Ø. Nytrø (ed) Proceedings from HelsIT 2004. Trondheim: NSEP-report no. 1, pp. 5-9.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) Continuous Competencies: Information and Knowledge in Telephone-Based Health Advice Services, paper presented at the BSA Medical Sociology Conference, York, Sept 2004.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) Australske problemer og gleder, kronikk i Adresseavisen 28.07.04.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) Surfing for Health on Medicalised Waves?, paper presented at TTeC’04 Tromsø June 2004.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) Health Surfers: Some reflections on medicalisation, demedicalisation and health related use of the Internet, Seminar May 5th, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) The Norwegian EPR research centre in Trondheim and review of research results, presentation at CHI Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, March 2004.

Tjora, A.H. (2004) The Groove in the Box: What can a sociologist add to the understanding of technology and music? Research and Work-in-Progress Seminar at School of Music – Conservatorium Monash University, March 18th.

Tjora, A.H. (2003) The Negotiated Order of Medical Urgency, paper presented at The Australian Sociological Association, Annual Conference, Armidale, December.

Tjora, A.H. (2003) Teknologisk medikalisering? Om den medisinske sosiologiens interesse for medisinsk teknologi, Sosiologi i dag, vol. 33, nr. 2, s. 51-74.

Tjora, A.H. (2003) The Groove in the Box: Composer vs Computer Determinism in Modern Dance Music, paper presented at the Workshop Cultures of Technology, Trondheim, Sep. 10-12.

Tjora, A.H. (2003) Aksjonskollektivet. Kunnskap og teknologi i norske AMK-sentraler. Presentasjon på HelsIT konferansen, Trondheim, 3. september.

Tjora, A.H. (2003) Gevinstrealisering ved PACS/RIS: Noen organisatoriske perspektiver. Presentasjon ved konferansen PACS 2003, Trondheim 14. februar.

Tjora, A.H. (2002) Behovet for akutt koordinering, kronikk, Adresseavisen 27. desember.

Tjora, A.H. (2002) Aksjonskollektivet: Samarbeid og bruk av teknologi ved norske AMK-sentraler. Trondheim: G-Academy (full pdf-versjon)

Benjaminsen, S. and Tjora, A.H. (2002) JetRek: How organisational identities slowed down speedy requisitions, paper presented at the BSA Medical Sociology Conference, York, Sept (prepublication draft available on request).

Lie, T.A. and Tjora, A.H. (2002) Biotechnology as medicalisation: Reflections on the use of Ultrasound in Primary Health Care, paper presented at the BSA Medical Sociology Conference, York, Sept.

Ragner, A. and Tjora, A.H. (2002) Girls and boys in white: Medical student culture 40 years after, paper presented at the BSA Medical Sociology Conference, York, Sept.

Tangen, L. and Tjora, A.H. (2002) Surfing for health: The internet as health information provider, paper presented at the BSA Medical Sociology Conference, York, Sept (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (2002) The negotiated order of medical emergencies, paper presented at the BSA Medical Sociology Conference, York, Sept (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (2002) "But these are only tools!" The growth of information technologies in medical emergency coordination. Paper presented at the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) Conference, University of York, UK, July 31-August 3 (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (2002) The Groove in the Box. The Socio-Technological Construction of Techno/Dance Music. Paper presented at the 2nd European Conference of the International Society for Literature and Science, Århus May 8-12 (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (2001) The Informality of Formal Decisions. Negotiation and Improvisation in Health Related Team Work. Paper presented at the BSA Medical Sociology Group 33rd Annual Conference, York 21st-23rd Sept (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. and Lie, T.A. (2001) Just Imagine! How well couldn’t I become in a paperless hospital? Reflections on the use and effects of ICT in the health services. Paper presented at the Conference IT in Health Care: Sociotechnical Approaches, Rotterdam, Sept. 6-7 (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (2001) Nurses Take Control! Nursing Competence as Co-ordinating Factor in Medical Emergency Call Centres, paper presented at the Seventh Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, June 26th-July 28th (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (2001) Observasjon som metode i teknologistudiene. Presentasjon på Kvalis-seminar 14. mars 2001.

Tjora, A.H. (2001) Helsefabrikken - en fabrikkmetafor på sykehuset, i Maskinkultur - Utsnitt fra fabrikkens tidsalder, nr 3 i skriftserie fra prosjektet "Fabrikken" NTNU, mars.

Tjora, A.H. (2000) Den profesjonelle identitet - muligheter og trusler, foredrag ved Sør-Trøndelag Lægeforenings årsmøte 28. nov.

Tjora, A.H. (2000) The Technological Mediation of the Nursing-Medical Boundary, Sociology of Health & Illness, vol 22, no 6, pp. 721-741.

Tjora, A.H. (2000) Menneske og teknologi i kontekst: Omsorgsmaskiner i den medisinske nødmeldetjenesten, Psykologisk Tidsskrift - NTNU, nr 4, ss. 33-37.

Tjora, A.H. (2000) Profesjon og profesjonskamp, kronikk, Adresseavisen 25. oktober.

Tjora, A.H. (2000) Hva er det med sosiologen? Om sosiologien som grunnlag for et lykkelig liv. Presentasjon ved Fagkritisk dag for sosiologi og statsvitenskap, 24. oktober.

Tjora, A.H. (2000) Medicalisation as Technologically Driven, paper presented at the Conference "Health in Transition: European Perspectives", British Sosiological Association Medical Sociology Group, York England, Sept. 14th-17th 2000 (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (2000) Helseprofesjonene og helhetlige tjenestetilbud - motsetninger og muligheter, Rapport nr STF78 A00536, Oslo: SINTEF Unimed NIS Helsetjenesteforskning.

Tjora, A.H. (2000) Forskning for økt sikkerhet, Kronikk, Adresseavisen 3. februar.

Tjora, A.H. (1999) Kan medisinsk forskning være fri? Kronikk, Adresseavisen 24. november.

Tjora, A.H. (1999) Professional Identity in Medicine: Applying the Cosmopolitan-Local Construct, paper presented at British Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Group, 31st Annual Conference, University of York 24-26th September (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (1999) Substituting the Quacks: Medical Emergency Communication Centres as Public Medical Information Providers, paper presented at Researching for Health Conference, Edinburgh 20-21 September (prepublication draft available on request).

Tjora, A.H. (1999) The Patientification of a Nation: Towards an Understanding of the Unlimited Demand for Medical Doctors in a Wealthy Nation: The Case of Norway, paper presented at the 5th International Qualitative Health Research Conference, Newcastle Australia, April 7.-10.

Tjora, A.H. (1999) En alternativ forståelse av legemangel. Foredrag i Hordaland Fylkeskommune 17. mars.

Tjora, A.H. (1999) AMK- og LV-sentraler: Menneskelig og teknologisk motivasjon. Foredrag ved konferansen Hospital-99, Sandvika 2. mars.

Tjora, A.H. (1999) Prioritering av pasienter i praksis, Kronikk, Adresseavisen 25. januar.

Kjekshus, L.E. og Tjora, A.H. (1999) Er legemangelen bare et spørsmål om antall leger? En fenomenologisk tilnærming til legemangel i ett fylke, Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lægeforening, nr 4 1999: s 541-4.

Tjora, A.H. og Kjekshus, L.E. (1999) Legebemanning i 2010 - fire scenarier om legebemannningen, Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lægeforening, nr 4 1999: s 544-6.

Kjekshus, L.E. og Tjora, A.H. (1998) Hvor reell er mangelen på leger? En kartlegging av legebemanningen i ett fylke, SINTEF Unimed NIS-Rapport 3/98, Trondheim: Sintef Unimed Norsk institutt for sykehusforskning.

Tjora, A.H. (1998) Har vi egentlig legemangel i Norge? En alternativ forståelse av legemangelen med utgangspunkt i en kvalitativ kartlegging. Foredrag ved Norsk Overlegeforenings høstkurs 19. nov.

Tjora, A.H. (1998) Mer helse for hver Megabyte? En gjennomgang av IT-utviklingsprosjekter i helsevesenet. NIS-Rapport nr STF78 A98516, Trondheim: SINTEF Norsk institutt for sykehusforskning.

Tjora, A.H. (1998) Telematics as a Reform Tool in the Health Services, Prøveforelesning til dr.polit-graden ved NTNU, jan.

Tjora, A.H. (1997) Wireless, not Careless. Developing Technologically Mediated Care in Medical Emergency Communication Centres, Paper presented at the International Human Science Research Conference, Trondheim Norway, August 1997.

Tjora, A.H. (1997) Caring Machines: Emerging Practices of Work and Coordination in the Use of Medical Emergency Communication Technology, dr.polit. (PhD) thesis in sociology, Department of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, May 1997. abstract norsk kortversjon

Tjora, A.H. (1997) Innføring av AMK/LV teknologi - hva gjør det med helsepersonell, og hva gjør helsepersonell med teknologi? Foredrag ved Landskonferansen for sykepleieledere og sykepleiere i akuttmottak og AMK-sentraler, Bodø 6.-8. juni.

Tjora, A.H. (1996) Book Review: The Turn of the Tide: Computerisation in Dutch Society 1900-1965 by Jan van den Ende, Prometheus, vol. 14, no. 1, 1996.

Tjora, A.H. (1995) The Structurational Model of Technology and the Virtual, paper submitted to the research seminar on Comparative Issues in Critical Social Theory (Craig Calhoun).

Tjora, A.H. (1995) The Ethical Arguments for Participative Inquiry in Qualitative Research in the Norwegian LV Centrals, PAKT Yearbook 1995, Trondheim: PAKT.

Tjora, A.H. and Weiseth, P.E. (1995) The Embeddedness of Communication Technology - Social Relations and Communication Technology in Modern Organisations NOKOBIT-95 (Norwegian Conference on Organisational Use of IT), Trondheim, June 19.-20.

Tjora, A.H. (1995) Intellektuell hip hop - Noen tanker om produksjon innen vitenskap og kunst, PAKT Årbok 1994, Trondheim: PAKT.

Tjora, A.H. (1995) The Creation of Communicative Systems. Poster presentation at the 15th International Symposium on Human Factors in Telecommunications, Melbourne, March 6-10.

Tjora, A.H. (1995) Communication and New Technologies - A study of Social Structures, Communication and Use of Information Technology PAKT Working Paper no 2, Trondheim: PAKT.

Tjora, A.H. (1994) Ny teknologi i menneskers og organisasjoners interaksjon - Noen tanker omkring samspillet mellom interpersonlig kommunikasjon og bruk av IT-baserte kommunikasjonsmedia Den Norske Dataforening, Seminaret "Praktiske anvendelser av ISDN", Trondheim, 25.-27. okt.

Tjora, A.H. (1994) 65 minutter i Ivar Davidsens liv - Følelser av den postmoderne organisasjonen, og dens konsekvenser for noen mennesker. Lokalt publisert kvasi-sosiologisk novelle. Trondheim: PAKT.

Tjora, A.H. (1993) Men and Machines in Interorganizational Networks - A Theoretical Review on the Impacts of Information Technology on Interorganizational Networks PAKT Working Paper no 6, Trondheim: PAKT.

Tjora, A.H. (1993) Teknologi og samfunnsvitenskap - hvor er synergien? PAKT arbeidsnotat nr 7, Trondheim: PAKT.

Tjora, A.H. (1991) Et nettverksperspektiv på produkt- og prosessinnovasjoner, hovedoppgave ved Institutt for organisasjons- og arbeidslivsfag, Trondheim: NTH.

Tjora, A.H. (1991) DTSF - Distriktsrettet Teknologispredning - Forskning: Et litteratur- og pilotstudium om smÅ bedrifter og deres nettverk, Institutt for organisasjons- og arbeidslivsfag, Trondheim: NTH.

Tjora, A.H. (1991) Fleksibel spesialisering - et litteraturstudium, Prosjektoppgave ved Institutt for organisasjons- og arbeidslivsfag, Trondheim: NTH.

Borstad, A.G. og Tjora, A.H. (1990) DTSF - Distriktsrettet Teknologispredning - Forskning: Et innledende studium om samarbeid og personlige nettverk, Institutt for organisasjons- og arbeidslivsfag, NTH, aug. 1990, i samarbeid med Alf G. Borstad.