Leonardo to the Internet:Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the PresentThomas J. Misa |
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Chapter 11. The Question of Technology"Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science."(*) Explain why this observation is important for science-policy makers and citizens today. Compare technologies that had clear economic effects with ones that had strong cultural or political effects. Identify 2-3 technologies of European integration (chapters 8 and 11) and discuss their political and cultural effects on "Europe" and the wider world. Were technologies of empire "neutral tools"(*)? How did these technologies change the colonized country . . . how did they change imperialist countries? Discuss Misa's concepts for technology and culture. Define and discuss each concept. Can you identify a good example to illustrate it?
Suggest YOUR OWN QUESTION about the "big picture" of technology and culture: Discuss today's challenges of [a] sustainability, [b] security, [c] privacy, or [d] poverty. Can you imagine a "technology-free" solution? |
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