ICT 300 Lecture 6: Mutual Shaping
20 Sep 2018
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Instead of a linear relationship, this perspective sees an ongoing dialogue" between the social and technical. The social and the technical shape each other. Also known as co-production, co-shaping, or co-construction. Social informatics tends to take this perspective. What does it mean for technologies in themselves to have political qualities? . Being able to communicate a certain message. Embedded power that determines certain types of relationships (conscious design decisions) Inherent qualities that create or reinforce certain types of ways of working/being (unintended consequences) An ongoing social process in which scientific knowledge, technological invention, and corporate profit reinforce each other in deeply entrenched patterns that bear the unmistakable stamp of political and economic power . Power structures ( vested interests ) may influence which technology wins, which reinforces those power structures. Controversial mid 20th century architect, city planner, and master builder of nyc, Also destroyed 100,000s of homes in bronx, upper west side, long island for new highways and slum clearance.
