Technology and culture /

Technology and culture /

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Author / Creator:Batteau, Allen, 1946-
Imprint:Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2010.
Description:x, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Technology -- Social aspects.
Technology assessment.
Technology assessment.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7789623
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ISBN:9781577666080
1577666089
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-141) and index.
Summary:"Technology and Culture provides a comprehensive overview of anthropological and other theories examining the place of technology in culture, and the consequences of technology for cultural evolution. The book develops and contrasts anthropological discourse of technology and culture with humanistic and managerial views. It uses core anthropological concepts, including adaptation, evolution, totemic identity, and collective representations, to locate a board variety of technologies, ancient and modern, in a context of shared understandings and misunderstandings. The author draws on his own experience as an auto mechanic, computer programmer, ethnographer and aircraft pilot to demonstrate that technologies are cultural creations, encoding and accelerating the dreams and delusions of the societies that produce them."--BOOK JACKET.
Standard no.:40017028722

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