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In last week's Methods session we raised the question:<br> | In last week's Methods session we raised the question:<br> | ||
'''What kind of technology do we WANT?'''<br> | '''What kind of technology do we WANT?'''<br> | ||
[[image:we-built-our-own-computers-wec.png|left|thumb| Page from Whole Earth Catalog]]<br> | [[image:we-built-our-own-computers-wec.png|left|thumb| Page from Whole Earth Catalog C.1970]]<br> | ||
This afternoon, Marloes will present a brief overview of different (old and new) (re)definitions of technology she researched. She will go into more detail, providing historical examples of soft tech and appropriate tech and what happened to them (why did one disappear and the other become mainstream?).<br> | This afternoon, Marloes will present a brief overview of different (old and new) (re)definitions of technology she researched. She will go into more detail, providing historical examples of soft tech and appropriate tech and what happened to them (why did one disappear and the other become mainstream?).<br> | ||
[[image:soft-tech-cover.png|thumb|left]]<br> | [[image:soft-tech-cover.png|thumb|left|Cover of Soft Tech, edited by Stewart Brand; the book was an off-shoot of Co-evolutionary Quarterly (early 70s) ]]<br> | ||
We will discuss how the different writing machines discussed during the special issue relate to media/technology and what kind of approach they had to language (as technology or as culture (or both)).<br> | We will discuss how the different writing machines discussed during the special issue relate to media/technology and what kind of approach they had to language (as technology or as culture (or both)).<br> | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 26 November 2025
XPUB1: SI #28 – week 10
in the Aquarium WH.4.115✅
- Work on Special Issue #28
- Deal with unfinished business, bits and bobs &c.
- 13:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
Image:From Radical Software (1970)
- 14:00 - 17:00: Afternoon session: Marloes de Valk, Soft Technology and Appropriate Technology (2025)
In last week's Methods session we raised the question:
What kind of technology do we WANT?
This afternoon, Marloes will present a brief overview of different (old and new) (re)definitions of technology she researched. She will go into more detail, providing historical examples of soft tech and appropriate tech and what happened to them (why did one disappear and the other become mainstream?).
We will discuss how the different writing machines discussed during the special issue relate to media/technology and what kind of approach they had to language (as technology or as culture (or both)).