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  2. Technology and society - Wikipedia

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    Technology, society and life or technology and culture refers to the inter-dependency, co-dependence, co-influence, and co-production of technology and society upon one another. Evidence for this synergy has been found since humanity first started using simple tools. The inter-relationship has continued as modern technologies such as the ...

  3. Science and technology studies - Wikipedia

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    A communications artifact (Rugby Aerial Tuning Inductor) at the Science Museum, London, UK. Science and technology studies (STS) or science, technology, and society is an interdisciplinary field that examines the creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts.

  4. History of science and technology - Wikipedia

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    The history of science and technology ( HST) is a field of history that examines the understanding of the natural world (science) and the ability to manipulate it ( technology) at different points in time. This academic discipline also studies the cultural, economic, and political impacts of and contexts for scientific practices.

  5. Science and technology may change society quickly, but they ...

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    Science and technology may change society quickly, but they shape our every-day lives. Gannett. Dennis G. Hall. ... science, engineering and technology shape how we spend our time, move through ...

  6. Sociotechnology - Wikipedia

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    Sociotechnology (short for "social technology") is the study of processes on the intersection of society and technology. [1] Vojinović and Abbott define it as "the study of processes in which the social and the technical are indivisibly combined". [2] Sociotechnology is an important part of socio-technical design, which is defined as ...

  7. Anthropology of technology - Wikipedia

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    The anthropology of technology ( AoT) is a unique, diverse, and growing field of study that bears much in common with kindred developments in the sociology and history of technology: first, a growing refusal to view the role of technology in human societies as the irreversible and predetermined consequence of a given technology's putative ...

  8. Science, technology, society and environment education

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    Science, technology, society and environment ( STSE) education, originates from the science technology and society (STS) movement in science education. This is an outlook on science education that emphasizes the teaching of scientific and technological developments in their cultural, economic, social and political contexts.

  9. 20th century in science - Wikipedia

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    Engineering and technology First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip. One of the prominent traits of the 20th century was the dramatic growth of technology. Organized research and practice of science led to advancement in the fields of communication, engineering, travel, medicine, and war.