250X 004: Technological Selves and Sociotechnical Systems

Instructor: Sarah Vaughn

Term: Spring 2020

Time: W 1:00pm - 3:59pm 

Unit: 4

Course Number: 30909

Course Description: 

This course considers the relationship between philosophies of technology and political narratives of history. In particular, we will consider why technology as a concept has troubled both modernist and decolonial thinking.  Readings will engage key debates across the history of science, critical theory, anthropology, philosophy of technology, and the sociology of science/technology. 

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