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The Palgrave handbook of the anthropology of technology
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: | Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022] |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 808 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| Gedruckte Ausgabe: | Erscheint auch als:
The Palgrave handbook of the anthropology of technology. - Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. - xxiv, 808 Seiten
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| ISBN: | 9789811670848 9811670846 9789811670831 9811670838 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: The Anthropology of Technology: The Formation of a Field -- Technology and Techniques -- Evolution Versus Diffusion -- From Artefacts to Processes -- 1980s and 1990s: Programmes for an Anthropology of Technology -- The Early 2000s: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Methodological Innovation -- A Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology for the Twenty-First Century -- References -- Part I: Perspectives, Fields, and Approaches -- Chapter 2: Making 'Technology' Visible: Technical Activities and the Chaîne Opératoire -- The Chaîne Opératoire: Definitions, Trajectories, and Issues -- 'Technical' as an Analytical Category: From 'Technical Acts' to 'Technical Activities' -- Taming the Analytical: Methodological Considerations -- Making Processes Visible -- Conclusion: Making Concepts Visible -- References -- Chapter 3: Technology as Skill in Handwork and Craft: Basketwork and Handweaving -- Baskets and Basketry -- Technology as Skill and Tool Use: A Phenomenological Approach -- Gathering Basketry Knowledge -- Basketry 'Knowing How' -- Basketry, Skill, and Machines -- Contrasting Hand and Loom Weaving -- Skill and Knowledge -- The Human in the Weaving -- References -- Chapter 4: Material Culture Studies: Objectification, Agency, and Intangibility -- Technology and Material Culture -- From Material Culture to Materiality -- Materials and Materiality -- Agency -- The Essence and Absence of Things -- Case Study: Atmospheric Technologies -- Looking Ahead -- References -- Chapter 5: Feminist Technoscience and New Imaginaries of Human Reproduction -- From the Woman Question to the Study of Science Cultures -- Feminist Anthropology of Biomedicine and Reproduction -- A Feminist Technoscience Study of Medical Imaging Technologies -- Conclusion -- References. |