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Course Calendar - Spring 2008

Week J F M A Related Links
1
Jan. 17th
  • Introduction & syllabus review
  • Issues in technology studies
  • Technobiographies
  
2
Jan. 24th
  • Technological attitudes of Greeks, Romans, and Medievals
Readings due:
3
Jan. 31st
  • Heidegger's hammer
  • The Question Concerning Technology
  • The Turning
  • Ways of being-with technology
Readings due:
  • Hiedegger, 1-49
  • Mitcham, 275-299
4
Feb. 7th (Rachel)
  • Intro to Borgmann
  • Information about reality
  • Information for reality
  • Information as reality
Readings due:
  • Borgmann, 1-165
5
Feb. 14th (Quinn)
  • Information as reality (cont.)
  • Engineering v. humanities
    philosophy of technology
  • Philosophical questioning of technology
  • Questions about Techne
Readings due:
  • Borgmann, 166-233
  • Mitcham, 1-134
6
Feb. 21st (Matt M.)
  • Types of technology as object
  • Types of technology as knowledge
  • Types of technology as activity
  • Types of technology as volition
Readings due:
  • Mitcham, 135-274
  • xxxx
7
Feb. 28th (Kirk)
  • History of technology
  • Technology in history
  • Technology & culture
Readings due:
8
March 6th
  • Position paper due
  • Rhetoric of technology
  • Establishing meanings in evolving systems
Readings due:
  • Bazerman, 1-198
  • xxxx
9
March 13th (Matt S.)
  • The rhetoric of material presence
  • Establishing enduring values
  • American technological sublime
Readings due:
  • xxxx
10 Spring Break
  
11
March 27th (Karen)
  • Research paper proposal due
  • Pragmatism and technology
  • Technology and community life
  • Art, technoscience, and social action
Readings due:
  • Hickman, 1-99
12
April 3rd
(No Class - Conference)
  • Technoscience education
  • Literacy, mediacy, and technological determinism
  • Populism and the cult of the expert
Readings due:
  • Hickman, 100-184
  • xxxx
13
April 10th (Scott)
  • Sociology of knowledge
  • Philosophy and the scientific field site
  • Postmodern positivism
Readings due:
14
April 17th (David)
  • Position paper due
  • Re-enchanting science
  • Citizen science
Readings due:
15
April 25th (Friday)
Readings due:
16
May 1st
  • Finish discussing Verbeek
  • Research paper peer response
  • Wiki contributions due
Work due:
  • Verbeek, 121-236
  • Draft of research paper
  • xxxx
17 Finals Weeks
Research Papers Due
May 8th, before 5:00 pm