ANTHRO 128B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Rhinoplasty, Gender Binary, Sildenafil
17 Jul 2018
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Anthro 128b race, gender, science -- lecture 16 . ~social processes influence content and development of technologies. ~technologies have social meaning and uses (sometimes different for different social. ~ex: light skin associated with beauty and success. ~ex: racialized cosmetic procedures (changing eye color, eyelid surgery, nose job) Sts challenges progressive accounts that suggests technology develops under its own logic. Tech is interwoven with science, society, politics, and economics groups) Te(cid:272)h(cid:374)ologies affir(cid:373) white(cid:374)ess as a(cid:374) u(cid:374)(cid:373)arked (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)(cid:863) or ideal. Technologies affirm a gender binary rei(cid:374)for(cid:272)e idea a(cid:271)out (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) (cid:373)as(cid:272)uli(cid:374)it(cid:455) & fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)it(cid:455) and support gender hierarchy. +reinforce idea that black people are savages in nikon advertisement. Technologies are influenced by and reinforce normative views of sexuality. ~ex: electromechanical vibrator as treatment for pelvic disorders/hysteria.
