Facts and Artifacts of the Society

2023-03-27 Social Science

Author : Ms. Arunima Dhar
Release : 2023-03-27
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Facts and Artifacts of the Society written by Ms. Arunima Dhar. This book was released on 2023-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume ‘Facts and Artifacts of Society’ is an assemblage of revealing the work of a group of professionals from multidisciplinary backgrounds to understand society. It intends to justify the spectral dimension of society through a professional lens and provides an exciting opportunity to clarify fundamental concepts of contemporary society. In recent context, this joint venture of professionals is of extrinsic value in promoting the well-being and prosperity of all in our society. Each of the chapters in this book is an independent effort to bring out an in-depth understanding of that particular aspect. The first section focuses on understanding society, the second section reflects the social construct of our society, the third section made an effort in bringing out the environmental issues, the fourth section pulls our attention to women’s studies, the fifth section emphasizes child care and protection, the sixth section highlights the physical and mental health aspects in the correctional setting, the seventh section focused on aspects of mental health and substance abuse and the eighth section focused on few other vulnerable issues, like, homosexuality and the dissonance of migration. The book unfolds a few key areas to make it valuable for analysing our society, especially for those who want to make satisfactory contributions to society. Since few of the topics are complex while few are having limited literature. Thus, the current volume may be helpful building blocks for the academicians, researchers, professionals, and policymakers etc. who closely work with the issues or the society at large society.

Technology and Society

2008-10-17 Technology & Engineering

Author : Deborah G. Johnson
Release : 2008-10-17
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Download or read book Technology and Society written by Deborah G. Johnson. This book was released on 2008-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of writings by thinkers ranging from Freeman Dyson to Bruno Latour that focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values and how these may affect the future. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. It offers writings by authorities as varied as Freeman Dyson, Laurence Lessig, Bruno Latour, and Judy Wajcman that will introduce readers to recent thinking about technology and provide them with conceptual tools, a theoretical framework, and knowledge to help understand how technology shapes society and how society shapes technology. It offers readers a new perspective on such current issues as globalization, the balance between security and privacy, environmental justice, and poverty in the developing world. The careful ordering of the selections and the editors' introductions give Technology and Society a coherence and flow that is unusual in anthologies. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in STS and other disciplines. The selections begin with predictions of the future that range from forecasts of technological utopia to cautionary tales. These are followed by writings that explore the complexity of sociotechnical systems, presenting a picture of how technology and society work in step, shaping and being shaped by one another. Finally, the book goes back to considerations of the future, discussing twenty-first-century challenges that include nanotechnology, the role of citizens in technological decisions, and the technologies of human enhancement.

The Social Construction of Technological Systems

1989 Science

Author : Wiebe E. Bijker
Release : 1989
Genre : Science
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Download or read book The Social Construction of Technological Systems written by Wiebe E. Bijker. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The impact of technology on society is clear and unmistakeable. The influence of society on technology is more subtle. The 13 essays in this book have been written by a diverse group of scholars united by a common interest in creating a new field - the sociology of technology. They draw on a wide array of case studies - from cooking stoves to missile systems, from 15th-century Portugal to today's Al labs - to outline an original research program based on a synthesis of ideas from the social studies of science and the history of technology. Together they affirm the need for a study of technology that gives equal weight to technical, social, economic, and political questions"--Back cover.

Shaping Technology / Building Society

1994-09-29 Science

Author : Wiebe E. Bijker
Release : 1994-09-29
Genre : Science
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Download or read book Shaping Technology / Building Society written by Wiebe E. Bijker. This book was released on 1994-09-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the influential book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, this volume carries forward the project of creating a theory of technological development and implementation that is strongly grounded in both sociology and history. Technology is everywhere, yet a theory of technology and its social dimension remains to be fully developed. Building on the influential book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, this volume carries forward the project of creating a theory of technological development and implementation that is strongly grounded in both sociology and history. The 12 essays address the central question of how technologies become stabilized, how they attain a final form and use that is generally accepted. The essays are tied together by a general introduction, part introductions, and a theoretical conclusion. The first part of the book examines and criticizes the idea that technologies have common life cycles; three case studies cover the history of a successful but never produced British jet fighter, the manipulation of patents by a French R&D company to gain a market foothold, and the managed development of high-intensity fluorescent lighting to serve the interests of electricity suppliers as well as the producing company. The second part looks at broader interactions shaping technology and its social context: the question of who was to define "steel," the determination of what constitutes radioactive waste and its proper disposal, and the social construction of motion pictures as exemplified by Thomas Edison's successful development of the medium and its commercial failure. The last part offers theoretical studies suggesting alternative approaches to sociotechnologies; two studies argue for a strong sociotechnology in which artifact and social context are viewed as a single seamless web, while the third looks at the ways in which a social program is a technology.

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