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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