Man-Made futures: readings in society, technology and design

By:

Cross, Nigel (ed.)

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Hutchinson; 1978Description: 365pISBN:

91212316

Subject(s):

Social Change

DDC classification:

303.483 MAN

Summary: This course reader contains thirty-eight extracts or articles from recent books or journals dealing with relationship between technology and society, and in particular with the function of design in that relationship. The reader forms an essential and integral part of Course T262-Man-Made Futures: Design and Technology. The first section deals with the sources and effects of technological change in industrial society, with criticisms of modern 'technocratic' society, and with concepts of future 'post-industrial' society. The second section is concerned with newly emerging mechanisms for the social control of technological change, such as technology assessment, futures forecasting, and community participation in planning and design. The third section is concerned with the processes of innovation and design and with movements towards such concepts as 'humane' or 'alternative technologies. This collection of readings is presented as a positive step towards a new concept of integrative studies in technology and society. The emphasis of this stimulating survey is on the need to choose appropriate technologies for the future.

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This course reader contains thirty-eight extracts or articles from recent books or journals dealing with relationship between

technology and society, and in particular with the function of design in that relationship. The reader forms an essential and integral part of Course T262-Man-Made Futures: Design and Technology.

The first section deals with the sources and effects of technological change in industrial society, with criticisms of modern 'technocratic' society, and with concepts of future 'post-industrial' society. The second section is concerned with newly emerging mechanisms for the social control of technological change, such as technology assessment, futures forecasting, and community participation in planning and design. The third section is concerned with the processes of innovation and design and with movements towards such concepts as 'humane' or 'alternative technologies.

This collection of readings is presented as a positive step towards a new concept of integrative studies in technology and society. The emphasis of this stimulating survey is on the need to choose appropriate technologies for the future.

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