Technology and Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00GTSRCVC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 194 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Students, who often think they know more about the topic than they do, will never think about technology in the same way again." --Jerome W. "Batteau covers the material well, devising a broad palette from which he selects the hues to paint the picture of technology and culture in an engaging, balanced manner. Recommended." --Choice. Crowder, University of Houston"Technology and Culture showcases the ability of cultural anthropologists to fashion penetrating critiques of industrial societies." --Technology and Culture"The author's mission is to integrate values, networks, evolution, diffusion, and identity of technology and culture in order to increase knowledge about them while beginning to imagine a post-technological society where humanity is technology s master
Joanna Monaco said OK for beginners. I had to read this for my senior seminar class, and at that point a lot of these were "no brainers" that we had heard a lot about before. Great introduction if you are starting out, or need a reference book, but if you already have your degree it's ok. It's also REALLY dry in my opinion.. Hari Dhungana said Five Stars. Good book. Thanks for sending timely manner.
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.. 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 broad variety of technologies, ancient and modern, in a context of shared understandings and misunderstandings