( TCOs 1 & 2 ) Why does Cowan believe it is important to examine technologies in the context of technological systems ? What advantage does this broader perspective give to planners ? Give a specific current technological example ( not it the reading ) in support of your answer .
( TCOs 4 & 8 ) Explain in your own words your understanding of Wajcman ’ s critique of technological determinism . How does her reasoning compare with Winner ’ s argument that technologies can actually reflect political relationships ? Provide examples .
Has the development of digital technologies democratized the art of photography ? How has this affected our appreciation of the photographer as artist and photography as an art form ? Explain using specific examples .
week 3 ( TCO 4 AND 12 ) 2 . Both Winner and Joy explore the issue of technology and control . How would you compare their two views of current technological development ? Focus the comparison on a specific technology , such as genetically modified organisms
( TCOs 3 & 4 ) 3 . How have changes in technology affected the recording industry and our understanding of what it means to be a professional musician ? How have changes in technology affected our access to recorded music and the control exercised by traditional distributors ? How will all these changes affect cultural trends and our expectations of music as an art form ? Provide specific examples .
4 . ( TCOs 1 & 2 ) Landes argues that there were cultural differences between the East and Middle East and the West that affected the development and application of some technologies such as the clock . Did these differences also affect the way these cultures approached information technologies such as the printing press ? Can you make a comparison with the different approaches taken by Eastern and Middle Eastern and Western cultures today and current information technologies ? ( Points : 50 )
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( TCO 1 ) A characteristic of the Neolithic revolution was the movement of people to villages because ( Points : 5 )
( TCO 1 ) In the Neolithic Revolution , the growth of communities was a result of ( Points : 5 )
. ( TCO 4 ) According to Winner , the design of a hoe ( el cortito ), reflects a political relationship because
( TCO 1 ) Francis Bacon argued that scientific method differed from logic and mathematics in that