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ClassScheduleandAssignedReadings
STAS325L20Spring2013
Tues/Thur:3:005:45
Professor:Dr.LindaVennard
Class
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Date
Topic/Seminar
AssignedReadings(*Important
additionalreadingsmaybeassigned)
#1 May14 IntroductiontotheCourse
Whatistechnology?
NyeChapter1
#2 May16 Seminar#1:Determinismand
TechnologicalDeterminism
Formgroupsof4forproject
NyeChapters2&3
From:TheUniversalAmplifier(postedonBlackboard):
Ch1:IntroductoryTheory
Ch2:WhatisTech?
Ch3:TechnologicalDeterminism
#3 May21 Seminar#2:Theory
Seminar#3:UniformityorDiversity?
NyeChapter4
NyeChapter5
From:TheUniversalAmplifier:
Ch4:TechnicFrameofMindCh5:IntrinsicCharacteristics
Ch6:Efficiency
PostedReadings:
MomentumAConceptinTechnologyStudies(byAndrewFeenberg)
SocialConstructionofTechnology(byDeborahJohnson)
NotesontheTheoryoftheActorNetwork:Ordering,Strategyand
Heterogeneity(byJohnLaw)
SocialConstructionofTechnology(SCOT)
#4
May23 ProjectWorkDay ReadingCatchUpDay
From:TheUniversalAmplifier:
Ch7:TheTechno-EconomicSystem
Ch8:TechnologicalChange:Intro
Ch9:InnovationandDiffusion
Ch10:TrajectoryofDevices/Systems
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Ch11:DarwinianEvolutionof
Machines
#5 May28 ProposalandBibdue(5%)
ProposalPresentations
Test#1(20%)toandincluding:
NyeChapter5 UniversalAmplifier1-13 PostedReadings
#6 May30 Seminar#4:Sustainability
SustainableAbundanceorEcological
Disaster?
Seminar#5:WorkMoreorLess?
BetterorWorse?
NyeChapter6
NyeChapter7
From:TheUniversalAmplifier:Ch12:TheGarmentIndustry
Ch13:SustainableEnergy
Ch14:ManagementofTechnological
Hazards
Ch15:Accidents
Ch16:InformationTechnology
#7 June4 Seminar#6:Consciousness
ExpandingConsciousnessor
Encapsulation?
Seminar#7:InventionandInnovation
NyeChapter10
NyeChapters8&9
From:TheUniversalAmplifier:
Ch17:Privacy
Ch18:ViewsofNature
Ch19:TheGreenRevolution
Ch20:Biotechnology
Ch21:HumanReproductiveand
GeneticTechnology
Ch22:GeneticScreening
Ch23:Work,Jobs&TechnicalChange
Ch24:Resolutique
PostedReading:
RethinkingTechnology,RevitalizingEthics:OvercomingBarrierstoEthical
Design(byPatrickFeng)
#8 June6 Test#2(20%)toandincluding:
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NyeChapters6-11 UniversalAmplifier14-24 PostedReadings
#9 June11 PaperWritingWorkshop
ClassDebateandPosition
Development:NewTechnologiesand
Society
IndividualGroupProjectConsultations
#10 June13 ClassDebateandPosition
Development:NewTechnologiesand
Society
IndividualGroupProjectConsultations
#11
June18
PapersDue(20%)
Presentations(10%)
#12 June20 Presentations
#13 June25 ClassCancelled
