Meaning in Technology
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: July 30, 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA; London, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780262161824
Subjects: Anthropology; Impact of science & technology on society; Philosophy Of Technology; Technology And Society; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Technology / Social Aspects; Philosophy; Social Aspects
First sentence: A formative moment during the nineteenth century was the Great Exhibition of All Nations held in London in 1851.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Dimensions of experience; title: Part one : The practitioner's experience : visual and musical fundamentals.; title: 1. Music, source of technology?; title: 2. Visual thinking; title: 3. Meaning in the hands; title: 4. Social meanings; title: Part two : Contexts of technology : nature, people, and conflict.; title: 5. The sense of place; title: 6. Exploration, invention, and the remaking of nature; title: 7. Gender and creativity; title: 8. Knowledge pregnant with evil; title: Part three : Conclusion : The missed opportunity?; title: 9. People-centered technology