MCC-UE 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spinning Jenny, Sociotechnical System, Movable Type
27 Apr 2016
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Things + technics (technical skills, manufacturing processes) Sociotechnical systems of use (combinations of hardware and people stephen. Entered english in 17th century, but referred to branch of knowledge, not a thing. Word was rare in u. s. even in the 19th century (instead, terms like machinery, inventions, mechanics were common) Became an academic term around 1900, and a popular term around 1930. Discrete machines (spinning jenny, steamboat) were being replaced by sociotechnical systems of increased scale and complexity. Aspects of a technology that allow certain possibilities of use. You can do certain things with an object, but you don"t necessarily have to. It just means it has certain options and also it has constraints. From 8th c bce - 5th c (fall of roman empire. Starts with first alphabetic inscriptions and/or with homer"s poetry. Before writing is considered prehistory or prehistoric. From moveable type (1450) to britain"s industrial revolution (18th c) Steam engines (18th c) and electric power (19th century)
