HIST585 - Cultural History of Technology
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This course examines the relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a variety of social and historical settings ranging from 19th century factories to 21st century techno dance floors. Students focus on three questions: What cultural effects and risks follow from treating biology as technology? How have computers and information technologies changed the ways we think about ourselves? How are politics built into the infrastructures within which we live? The cross-cutting themes address whether or not technologies facilitate and undermine inequality, and if resulting changes in technology produce a better world.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 11/30/09 - 04/25/10 |
05/03/10 - 08/22/10 |
Spring 2010 Session K - 16 Week session |
| 05/31/10 - 10/24/10 |
11/01/10 - 02/20/11 |
Fall 2010 Session K - 16 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Technology and American Society, 2nd Ed
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| ISBN: |
0131896431
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| Publication Info: |
Prentice Hall, Inc.
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| Book Title: |
Pursuit of Power : Technology, Armed Force and Society since A. D. 1000
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| ISBN: |
0226561585
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| Publication Info: |
University of Chicago Press
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