Technology & Society
Dr. Helena Sheehan
A course for electronic engineering & telecommunications
students at DCU
This course is no longer taught in this form.
This is an archived website.
Autumn 1996
Aims:
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to explore alternative conceptions
of the relationship of technology to other aspects of the social order,
ie, to the economics, politics, science, philosophy and culture of the
times
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to examine the sociological implications
of particular technological developments
Topics:
Historical transitions from primitive to medieval
to modern technologies
Analyses of the present: does the "3rd wave" / "information
society" fit the picture ?
Is Ireland ready for the information age ?
Guest lecture by Chris O'Malley, Strategic
Planning Officer of DCU
Past predictions of the present: how accurate were
80s predictions of the 90s ?
What will work, education, life look like as digitisation
and convergence advances ?
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MA
World Views at DCU website