Is There a French Philosophy of Technology? General Introduction

Loeve, Sacha; Guchet, Xavier; Vincent, Bernadette Bensaude

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_1

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“…The subjectivity with which concepts of 'expected lifetime' is imbued reveals that an object or a collection has multiple temporalities displaying new, alternating 'timescapes' (Loeve et al 2018). In view of this, collection objects are not just artefacts, but can also be described 'in a worldly perspective as inhabitants of the planet' (Loeve et al 2018, 10).…”

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Heritage Dynamics: Understanding and adapting to change in diverse heritage contexts

Fouseki¹

2022

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How does heritage emerge, change, stagnate, disappear and/or revive over time? Should heritage be approached as a ‘non-renewable resource’ that needs to be sustained for eternity, or as a ‘renewable resource’ that adapts to change and transformation? Heritage Dynamics deconstructs the dynamic nature of heritage. Heritage as a socio-cultural practice goes through non-linear, continuous lifecycles, where certain factors will be the catalyst for the ending of one lifecycle and the revival for another. Kalliopi Fouseki develops a theoretical and methodological framework of ‘heritage dynamics’, which is used as the analytical thread of six heritage contexts: heritage-led transformation in historic urban places; decision-making on energy efficiency and heritage conservation in ‘everyday heritage’ residential buildings; lifecycles of heritage collections; exhibition dynamics and the impact of participation with emphasis of ‘difficult heritage’; dynamics of dissonance on contested museums and the dynamics of ‘intangible heritage’ with emphasis on flamenco. The book offers a new theoretical and methodological framework that will enable heritage scholars and practitioners to unpack the ways and conditions under which heritage changes. The new theoretical framework will re-orientate current thinking of heritage as a thing, a process or discourse towards a new, more systemic thinking that captures the complexity of heritage. Methodologically, Heritage Dynamics introduces the potential of systemic methods, such as system dynamics, in capturing the dynamic nature of heritage. The new theory and method not only opens up new avenues for theoretical explorations, but also offers a significant tool for heritage managers and policymakers.

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Heritage Dynamics: Understanding and adapting to change in diverse heritage contexts

Fouseki¹

2022

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“…This approach focuses on the processes carried out by technical objects and the conditions that these processes have established. As Loeve et al (2018: 7) write, what differentiates the French approach from other philosophies of technology is a rejection of the functionalist view of technology:Tools, objects, machines, operations, and gestures, are scrutinized for their own sake rather than as means for external ends or for the purpose of the moral evaluation of these ends. However, the concept of the technological object is promoted as a necessary mediation to understand the human .…”

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Michel Serres and the Philosophy of Technology

Barker

2023

Theory, Culture & Society

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This article explores the topic of technology in Michel Serres’ work. Although a great deal has been said about Serres’ treatment of parasitic relations, noise, interdisciplinarity and communication, little has been written about his approach to questions of technology. The author first outlines general trends in the philosophy of technology and indicates how Serres fits within the field. He then suggests a way to read Serres by identifying ‘landmarks’ in his texts, which are used for explicating his position on technology. Three of these landmarks are explored. The first is Serres’ philosophy of world-objects, which moves him to think through the relationship between humans, technology and natural evolution. The second is Serres’ notion of technologies ‘setting sail’ from the body, which allows him to build on Leroi-Gourhan’s work, and the third is Serres’ description of information technologies and the world of millennials, which leads to his position on pedagogy and technology. From an examination of these three landmarks, a picture emerges of a thinker for whom technology acts as a disturbance around which collectives form, establishing relations and deviations between ourselves and others.

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Multistability and Derrida’s Différance: Investigating the Relations Between Postphenomenology and Stiegler’s General Organology

Pavanini

2022

Philos. Technol.

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In this paper, in the first place, I aim to enquire into Bernard Stiegler’s critical appropriation of his mentor Jacques Derrida’s notion of différance, emphasizing how Stiegler’s philosophy of technology stems from an original interpretation of the main tenets of deconstruction. From this perspective, I will investigate Stiegler’s definition of technology as tertiary retention, i.e., exosomatized, artificial memory interrelating with biological memory, testing its hermeneutic strengths as well as possible weaknesses. In the second place, I aim to contrast Stiegler’s understanding of technology with the concept of multistability brought forward by postphenomenological philosophies of technology such as those elaborated by Don Ihde and Peter-Paul Verbeek. This investigation will enable me to submit that Stiegler’s approach represents a peculiar and innovative way to conceive of technology. On the one hand, indeed, it does not seem to fall prey to the criticisms raised by postphenomenology against traditional philosophies of technology such as Martin Heidegger’s or Jacques Ellul’s, deemed to be overly deterministic, abstract and pessimistic in their understanding of technology. On the other, it retains important methodological precautions from deconstruction, thereby pointing at some possible blind spots of postphenomenology, especially concerning the vexed question of the empirical-transcendental divide, which Stiegler aims to develop beyond both Derrida’s and postphenomenology’s stances.

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Is There a French Philosophy of Technology? General Introduction

Cited by 4 publications

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Heritage Dynamics: Understanding and adapting to change in diverse heritage contexts

Heritage Dynamics: Understanding and adapting to change in diverse heritage contexts

Michel Serres and the Philosophy of Technology

Multistability and Derrida’s Différance: Investigating the Relations Between Postphenomenology and Stiegler’s General Organology

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