LEADER 04780nam 22006254a 450 001 9910812077103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-28114-7 010 $a0-585-09957-X 035 $a(CKB)111000211171580 035 $a(OCoLC)42922536 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary2001061 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199819 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11197706 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199819 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10220041 035 $a(PQKB)10827367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338452 035 $a(OCoLC)42922536$z(OCoLC)70752514$z(OCoLC)156944290$z(OCoLC)532293743$z(OCoLC)551709613$z(OCoLC)559524842$z(OCoLC)722745785$z(OCoLC)728047209$z(OCoLC)871981542$z(OCoLC)880302156$z(OCoLC)888543105$z(OCoLC)906432159$z(OCoLC)923250200$z(OCoLC)961694828$z(OCoLC)962572183$z(OCoLC)1077804837$z(OCoLC)1087474933 035 $a(OCoLC-P)42922536 035 $a(MaCbMITP)4517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338452 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2001061 035 $a(OCoLC)923250200 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211171580 100 $a19981217d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMeaning in technology /$fArnold Pacey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-66120-9 311 $a0-262-16182-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-253). 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Dimensions of Experience -- The PractitionerWs Experience: Visual and -- Musical Fundamentals -- Music, Source of Technology? -- Visual Thinking -- Meaning in the Hands -- Social Meanings -- Contexts of Technology: Nature, People, -- and Conşict -- The Sense of Place -- Exploration, nvention, and the Remaking -- of Nature -- Gender and Creativity -- Knowledge Pregnant with Evil -- Conclusion: The Missed Opportunity? -- People-Centered Technology -- Notes -- Index. 330 $a"In Meaning in Technology, Arnold Pacey explores how an individual's sense of purpose and meaning in life can affect the shape and use of technology. He argues against reductionism in interpreting technology in a human context, and for acknowledgment of the role of the human experience of purpose when it helps to express meaning in technology. In the first part of the book, Pacey analyzes the direct experience of technology by individuals--engineers, mathematicians, craft workers, and consumers. In the second part, he examines the contexts in which technology is used, relating technology to nature and society. He explores our sense of place and of our relationship with nature, environmental concerns, gender, and creativity. He concludes with a discussion of the possibilities of a more people-centered technology"--Provider website. 330 8 $aAnnotation In previous books Arnold Pacey has written about the role of ideas and ideals in the creation of technology, about the global history of technology, and about how the complex interaction of political, cultural, economic, and scientific influences determines the course of technological practice. In Meaning in Technology, he explores how an individual's sense of purpose and meaning in life can affect the shape and use of technology. Stressing that there is no hierarchy of meaning in technology, he argues against reductionism in interpreting technology in a human context, and for acknowledgment of the role of the human experience of purpose when it helps to express meaning in technology. In the first part of the book, Pacey analyzes the direct experience of technology by individuals - engineers, mathematicians, craft workers, and consumers. He looks at music as a source of technology, at visual thinking, at tactile knowledge, and at the generation of social meaning. In the second part, he examines the contexts in which technology is used, relating technology to nature and society. He explores our sense of place and of our relationship with nature, environmental concerns, gender, and creativity. He concludes with a discussion of the possibilities of a more people-centered technology - a participatory, ethical experience of technology that values people as well as their environment. 606 $aTechnology$xPhilosophy 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTechnology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a601 700 $aPacey$b Arnold$0528402 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812077103321 996 $aMeaning in technology$93970192 997 $aUNINA