SOC 330
Technology, Culture and Society
Spring 2016
Division II
Cross-listed
SCST 330
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Class Details
An introduction to major trajectories of theory and empirical research in the sociology and history of technology: the Social Construction of Technology (SCOT), Large Scale Technological Systems (LTS), Actor-Network Theory (ANT), and cultural studies of technoscience broadly. Students will also become acquainted with a number of philosophical positions on technology: instrumentalist, Marxist, cultural/ substantivist, humanist and posthumanist. Topics to be explored include technology, (post)industrial capitalism, and the nature of modern power; the role of technology in giving shape and weight to social institutions and forms of agency; technology, individualism, and everyday life in the modern world; technological determinism; resistance and accommodation to technological change; technology as a point of view and total way of life (culture); language, quantification, computerization, and (tele)visual media; and technology and environment. The course is furthermore designed to allow students to explore and research topics not appearing on the syllabus in the main.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 20
Expected: 20
Class#: 3390
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 20
Expected: 20
Class#: 3390
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
weekly discussion precis, class presentations, a midterm essay and final paper
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
Anthropology and Sociology majors
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
SCST 330 Division II SOC 330 Division II
SCST 330 Division II SOC 330 Division II
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SOC 330 - 01 (S) SEM Technology, Culture & Society
SOC 330 - 01 (S) SEM Technology, Culture & SocietyDivision IIMWF 8:30 am - 9:45 am
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