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Marx, Adolf Bernhard; Wehrhan, Augustus

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Section: Theoretical Interpretations and Accounts Of Technological Dementioning

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“…The debate typically focuses on whether or not autonomy can be imputed to technology itself, independent of social constraints, or whether technology's supposed agency occurs within a complex interaction of social factors (Marx and. A common framework for technological determinism involves the categories of hard and soft determinism (Marx andSmith 1994, Strobel andTillberg-Webb 2009). The perspective of hard technological determinism attributes agency to technology itself (Marx and Smith 1994) and asserts that technology has a dominant autonomy of its own to cause social change, independent of social constraints (Smith 1994, Strobel andTillberg-Webb 2009).…”

Section: Theoretical Interpretations and Accounts Of Technological Dementioning

confidence: 99%

“…A common framework for technological determinism involves the categories of hard and soft determinism (Marx andSmith 1994, Strobel andTillberg-Webb 2009). The perspective of hard technological determinism attributes agency to technology itself (Marx and Smith 1994) and asserts that technology has a dominant autonomy of its own to cause social change, independent of social constraints (Smith 1994, Strobel andTillberg-Webb 2009). The view of soft technological determinism also asserts that technology can drive social change ), but sees technology as one influence among others, occurring alongside a complex interaction of social, economic, political, and cultural factors (Marx andSmith 1994, Strobel andTillberg-Webb 2009).…”

Section: Theoretical Interpretations and Accounts Of Technological Dementioning

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“…If technology operates with any determinative efficacy, driving historical events and society, does this not limit free human agency (Marx andSmith 1994, Kritt andWinegar 2010)? Any claim that we do not control technology, but are controlled by it seems in some way to be a renunciation of human responsibility for technology (Hofmann 2006, Slack and Wise 2006, Wyatt 2008).…”

Section: Human Agency and Responsibility For Technologymentioning

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Questioning Technological Determinism through Empirical Research

Webster¹

2017

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Using qualitative methods, the author sought to better understand how philosophical assumptions about technology affect the thinking, and influence the decision making, of educational technology leaders in their professional practice. One of the research questions focused on examining whether assumptions of technological determinism were present in thinking and influenced the decisions that leaders make. The core category that emerged from data analysis, Keep up with technology (or be left behind), was interpreted to be a manifestation of the technological imperative, an assumption associated with the philosophical perspective of technological determinism. The article presents a literature review and critique of philosophical issues surrounding technological determinism. Data analysis led to the conclusion that technology leaders working in K-12 education place weighted priority on the technological imperative, and there is philosophical tension between Keep up with technology (or be left behind), and a concurrently held perspective based on the logic of the instrumental view of technology. The findings suggest that different accounts of technological determinism, including Bimber's three accounts of normative, nomological, and unintended consequences, are significant in the thinking of participants. School technology leaders placed priority on embracing technological change, sometimes adopting technology for its own sake. Keywords

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Section: Theoretical Interpretations and Accounts Of Technological Dementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Interpretations and Accounts Of Technological Dementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Interpretations and Accounts Of Technological Dementioning

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Questioning Technological Determinism through Empirical Research

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2017

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“…In reality both are creative processes which form poles of one's social existence (Buchli and Lucas 2001: 21). As Marx (2001) pointed out, production and consumption are actually inseparable, as neither can exist without the other. Our knowledge about the bronze and iron metal industry in the Roman period as well as preserved sites of consumption such as Pompeii allow us to address both of these aspects.…”

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Globalisation, Consumerism and the Ancient Roman Economy: A Preliminary Look at Bronze and Iron Production and Consumption

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2011

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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