Technology And Cultural Values

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:177344419

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Author : Peter D. Hershock,Marietta Stepaniants,Roger T. Ames
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0824826477

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Technology and Cultural Values by Peter D. Hershock,Marietta Stepaniants,Roger T. Ames Pdf

Recent history makes clear that the quantum leaps being made in technology are the leading edge of a groundswell of paradigm shifts taking place in science, politics, economics, social institutions, and the expression of cultural values. Indeed it is the simultaneity and interdependence of these changes occurring in every dimension of human experience and endeavor that makes the present so historically distinctive. The essays gathered here give voice to perspectives on the always improvised relationship between technology and cultural values from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Pacific. Contributors: Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, Roger T. Ames,Yoko Arisaka, Carl Becker, Francesca Bray, James Buchanan, Arindam Chakrabarti, Frank W. Derringh, Rolf Elberfeld, Charles Ess, Andrew Feenberg, Susantha Goonatilake, H. Jiuan Heng, Peter Hershock, Thomas P. Kasulis, George Khushf, David Farrell Krell, Joel J. Kupperman, William R. LaFleur, Lois Ann Lorentzen, David Loy, Joseph Margolis, Hans-Georg Möller, Robert Cummings Neville, Peimin Ni, Monica Atieno Opole, Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ, Helen Petrovsky, Ramon Sentmartí, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Vasanthi Srinivasan, Marietta Stepaniants, Vyacheslav S. Stiopin, Henk ten Have, Paul B.Thompson, Mary Tiles, David B.Wong.

Author : Peter D. Hershock,Marietta Stepaniants,Roger T. Ames
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780824844967

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Technology and Cultural Values by Peter D. Hershock,Marietta Stepaniants,Roger T. Ames Pdf

Recent history makes clear that the quantum leaps being made in technology are the leading edge of a groundswell of paradigm shifts taking place in science, politics, economics, social institutions, and the expression of cultural values. Indeed it is the simultaneity and interdependence of these changes occurring in every dimension of human experience and endeavor that makes the present so historically distinctive. The essays gathered here give voice to perspectives on the always improvised relationship between technology and cultural values from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Pacific. Contributors: Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, Roger T. Ames,Yoko Arisaka, Carl Becker, Francesca Bray, James Buchanan, Arindam Chakrabarti, Frank W. Derringh, Rolf Elberfeld, Charles Ess, Andrew Feenberg, Susantha Goonatilake, H. Jiuan Heng, Peter Hershock, Thomas P. Kasulis, George Khushf, David Farrell Krell, Joel J. Kupperman, William R. LaFleur, Lois Ann Lorentzen, David Loy, Joseph Margolis, Hans-Georg Möller, Robert Cummings Neville, Peimin Ni, Monica Atieno Opole, Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ, Helen Petrovsky, Ramon Sentmartí, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Vasanthi Srinivasan, Marietta Stepaniants, Vyacheslav S. Stiopin, Henk ten Have, Paul B.Thompson, Mary Tiles, David B.Wong.

Author : Hans Oberdiek,Mary Tiles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134911165

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Living in a Technological Culture by Hans Oberdiek,Mary Tiles Pdf

Technology is no longer confined to the laboratory but has become an established part of our daily lives. Its sophistication offers us power beyond our human capacity which can either dazzle or threaten; it depends who is in control. Living in a Technological Culture challenges traditionally held assumptions about the relationship between `man-and-machine'. It argues that contemporary science does not shape technology but is shaped by it. Neither discipline exists in a moral vacuum, both are determined by politics rather than scientific inquiry. By questioning our existing uses of technology, this book opens up wider debate on the shape of things to come and whether we should be trying to change them now. As an introduction to the philosophy of technology this will be valuable to students, but will be equally engaging for the general reader.

Author : Arnold Pacey
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1985-09-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0262660563

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The Culture of Technology by Arnold Pacey Pdf

The Culture of Technology examines our often conflicting attitudes toward nuclear weapons, biological technologies, pollution, Third World development, automation, social medicine, and industrial decline. It disputes the common idea that technology is "value-free" and shows that its development and use are conditioned by many factors-political and cultural as well as economic and scientific. Many examples from a variety of cultures are presented. These range from the impact of snowmobiles in North America to the use of water pumps in rural India, and from homemade toys in Africa to electricity generation in Britain-all showing how the complex interaction of many influences in every community affects technological practice. Arnold Pacey, who lives near Oxford, England, has a degree in physics and has lectured on both the history of technology and technology policy, with a particular focus on the development of technologies appropriate to Third World needs. He is the author of The Maze of Ingenuity (MIT Press paperback).

Author : Raymond Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134379361

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Television by Raymond Williams Pdf

First published in 1974, this classic study of TV was ahead of its time, introducing ideas about the medium that we now take for granted Raymond Williams is often described as the founder of cultural studies, and this book is regarded by many as the founding text of TV studies In the current age of reality TV, Williams' insights into the danger of TV inundating our lives and an increasingly relentless barrage of images clogging up the airwaves seem remarkably prescient With a new introduction by Roger Silverstone, Professor of Media and Communications at the LSE

Author : Karol Jan Borowiecki,Neil Forbes,Antonella Fresa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319295442

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Cultural Heritage in a Changing World by Karol Jan Borowiecki,Neil Forbes,Antonella Fresa Pdf

The central purpose of this collection of essays is to make a creative addition to the debates surrounding the cultural heritage domain. In the 21st century the world faces epochal changes which affect every part of society, including the arenas in which cultural heritage is made, held, collected, curated, exhibited, or simply exists. The book is about these changes; about the decentring of culture and cultural heritage away from institutional structures towards the individual; about the questions which the advent of digital technologies is demanding that we ask and answer in relation to how we understand, collect and make available Europe’s cultural heritage. Cultural heritage has enormous potential in terms of its contribution to improving the quality of life for people, understanding the past, assisting territorial cohesion, driving economic growth, opening up employment opportunities and supporting wider developments such as improvements in education and in artistic careers. Given that spectrum of possible benefits to society, the range of studies that follow here are intended to be a resource and stimulus to help inform not just professionals in the sector but all those with an interest in cultural heritage.

Author : Wenceslao J. Gonzalez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319218700

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New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics by Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Pdf

This book focuses on a key issue today: the role of values in technology, with special emphasis on ethical values. This topic involves the analysis of internal values in technology (as they affect objectives, processes, and outcomes) and the study of external values in technology (social, cultural, economic, ecological, etc.). These values — internal and external — are crucial to the decision making of engineers. In addition, they have increasing relevance for citizens concerned with the present and future state of technology, which gives society a leading position in technological issues. The book follows three main lines of research: 1) new perspectives on technology, values, and ethics; 2) rationality and responsibility in technology; and 3) technology and risks. This volume analyzes the two main sides involved here: the theoretical basis for the role of values in technology and a practical discussion on how to implement them in our society. Thus, the book is of interest for philosophers, engineers, academics of different fields and policy-makers. The style used lends itself to broad audience.​

Author : Kidd, Terry T.,Chen, Irene
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599047768

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Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues by Kidd, Terry T.,Chen, Irene Pdf

"This book provides a source for definitions, antecedents, and consequences of social informatics and the cultural aspect of technology. It addresses cultural/societal issues in social informatics technology and society, the Digital Divide, government and technology law, information security and privacy, cyber ethics, technology ethics, and the future of social informatics and technology"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Sacha Loeve,Xavier Guchet,Bernadette Bensaude Vincent
Publisher : Springer
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319895185

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French Philosophy of Technology by Sacha Loeve,Xavier Guchet,Bernadette Bensaude Vincent Pdf

Offering an overall insight into the French tradition of philosophy of technology, this volume is meant to make French-speaking contributions more accessible to the international philosophical community. The first section, “Negotiating a Cultural Heritage,” presents a number of leading 20th century philosophical figures (from Bergson and Canguilhem to Simondon, Dagognet or Ellul) and intellectual movements (from Personalism to French Cybernetics and political ecology) that help shape philosophy of technology in the Francophone area, and feed into contemporary debates (ecology of technology, politics of technology, game studies). The second section, “Coining and Reconfiguring Technoscience,” traces the genealogy of this controversial concept and discusses its meanings and relevance. A third section, “Revisiting Anthropological Categories,” focuses on the relationships of technology with the natural and the human worlds from various perspectives that include anthropotechnology, Anthropocene, technological and vital norms and temporalities. The final section, “Innovating in Ethics, Design and Aesthetics,” brings together contributions that draw on various French traditions to afford fresh insights on ethics of technology, philosophy of design, techno-aesthetics and digital studies. The contributions in this volume are vivid and rich in original approaches that can spur exchanges and debates with other philosophical traditions.

Author : Helga Nowotny
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1845451171

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Cultures of Technology and the Quest for Innovation by Helga Nowotny Pdf

Chiefly papers presented at a conference held at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen, Germany, in April 2003.

Author : A.P. Dubey
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : India
ISBN : 8172112475

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Modernity and the Problem of Cultural Identity by A.P. Dubey Pdf

The question of modernity and the problem of cultural Identity have been intensively debate from various points views. Three concepts of identity have been appreciated and emerged from lively deliberations during this discourse. First concept being essentialist concept of identity has been defined to be one which is generated throgh self-experience as self-evident. The second being post-modern concept referred to as one which is independent of socio-influences and likewise the theird concept as realized in recent times is one that is based on realist view of identity. According to this view identity is fundamental element of social-liberation and oppression. The book presents these three views of identity and their possible role in obviating and addressing the problems with possible alternatives. If so implemented how they could bring the social, individual and eventual leads in the society. this book will certainly present a number of new solutions tjo the existing (current) problems.

Author : Pierre Lemonnier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134522996

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Technological Choices by Pierre Lemonnier Pdf

Technological Choices applies the critical tools of archaeology to the subject of technology and its impact on humankind throughout the ages. An examination of the challenges technological innovations present to various cultures, Technological Choices asserts that in any society, such choices are made on the basis of cultural values and social relations, rather than on the inherent benefits in technology itself. Of course, this revolutionary viewpoint has critical implications for contemporary Western societies. Based on case studies covering a wide range of chronologies and geographies, Technological Choices moves rapidly from Neolithic Europe to the modern industrial age, stopping on the way to examine the tribes of Papua, New Guinea, rural Indian and North African societies as well as several European peasant communities. The techniques studied range from the manufacture of stone implements to the development of high-tech transportation devices. With its breadth of subject matter and multidisciplinary approach, Technological Choices offers new insight into the interrelationship between technology and society. Also unprecedented is the book's emphasis on the functional aspects of material culture.

Author : Ulrich Becker
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640159826

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How religious values (Jewish and Christian) originated the technological cultural of the West in the early Middle Ages... by Ulrich Becker Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 0,7, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, History and Theory), course: Relations between technology and culture, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Stating today that the Western Civilization is the most technological advanced civilization on earth and in history, will probably not draw many objections, but how and when did this happen? What made Western Europe outstrip the other great civilizations that long held technological superiority over it? In this short essay I try to follow a thought of Professor Lynn Townsend White, seeing the intellectual condition of a society (namely religious values) as the main important factor for its technological development. Although many critics argue against White, downplaying religious value orientation as a possible cause, focusing on technological success of other civilizations in the Middle Ages, portraying the "technological mind" of western Europe as the consequence and not the cause of it's rapid technological growth or portraying the Western leading technological position as a kind of coincidence, I find them not convincing. To the contrary: the spread of ideas and their grave effects can have their basis in the minds of very few or even single persons, who convince a society to change or adapt their values Further, the wide spread and common borrowing of technological inventions in the medieval Eurasian cultures makes a search for an answer of the astonishing European success even more a question of society and intellectual attitude than the hardware inventions, since Byzantium, the Islamic world, India and China had in the 10th century the same or better technologies and inventions than as Western Europe. And of course on can argue that technological attitudes and pro-technological ideological changes in society where the product of technological progress and not it's

Author : Theerasak Thanasankit
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781591400936

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E-commerce and Cultural Values by Theerasak Thanasankit Pdf

There is substantial interest in research in developing countries, especially in the use, implementation and development of information technology and systems. Many researchers have been moving toward an understanding of indigenous social and cultural structures and how they influence the use and development of information systems. E-Commerce and Cultural Values addresses these issues and brings together scholars to share their expertise on different aspects of the social side of e-Commerce and information systems and how they impact the cultural values of a society.