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Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Lower DivisionScience
This course explores the social dimensions of technology from the perspective of ancient, modern, and post-modern society. Topics include the origins of particular technologies; processes of technical development and dissemination; the politics of everyday artifacts; virtual identities; and technologies of the body. Suggested courses (not pre-requisite): ANTH 10000, 20100 and/or 20500.
Learning Outcomes1Describe the origins and social consequences of technologies.
2Analyze technology as a social process and debate the inevitability of technological progress.
3Interpret the complex interplay between technical fields and social identity.
4Summarize science and technology over time and across diverse places.
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