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Name: The Social Meanings and Cultural Horizons of Technology
ID: m41065
Language: English (en)
Summary: A particular technology can be interpreted or studied in terms of two cultural dimensions: its social meanings and its cultural horizon. Both, the social meanings attached to a given technology and the cultural horizon in which it is embedded play an important role in technology design, development and use.
Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
Keywords: CIVIS, UPRM, World_Cultures
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: José Anazagasty (jose.anazagasty@upr.edu)
Copyright Holders: José Anazagasty (jose.anazagasty@upr.edu)
Maintainers: José Anazagasty (jose.anazagasty@upr.edu), Benjamin Lugo (benjilugo@hotmail.com), Jose A. Cruz-Cruz (j.cruz@upr.edu)
Editors: Benjamin Lugo (benjilugo@hotmail.com), Jose A. Cruz-Cruz (j.cruz@upr.edu), José Anazagasty (jose.anazagasty@upr.edu)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: Jul 8, 2011 10:03 am -0500
Last revision to module: Sep 7, 2011 11:26 am -0500

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Version: 1.2 May 23, 2013 3:21 am -0500 by Benjamin Lugo
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