Talk:Technology and society
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[edit] Co-production
Maybe it'd be good to change from "co-production" to "mutual influence." "Co-production" is not a common expression. Maurreen 00:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- agreed, I changed it.SteveMc 19:21, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] this needs rethought
you created a new article and now you are trying to merge old articles with entirely separate foundations into this article. there is a project of people working on the sts related articles already. those articles relate strongly to this article, that is true, but this article cannot expand to hold all of that information, which stands in relation to the other articles as well as itself. if you want to keep working on this article as a supplement to the technology article, i see that as a great idea, however, importing all of sts into this article, even those parts which are only clearly technology studies, decontextualizes it from the rest of the field and its related academic fields. your article is for, i think, a different audience also and one article can't cover everything for all the audiences.--Buridan 01:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I am not trying to move everything into this article! I am cleaning up one article that is obviously redundant, that is all. The reason given is obvious, the article is redundant. SteveMc 02:08, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
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- first you tried to merge in STS, then you without warning merged in social shaping of technology. i'd say that is an indicator. in any case, even if you are not, i think your perspective doesn't recognize that sst and your merge is very problematic for those entering into sst for the first time.--Buridan 14:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure about the "different audience" comment. What does that mean? I will tell you that this article is a general overview of how technology (and science) impact society and vice-versa. It is therefore a general article about this relationship. This article cannot cover every aspect of this huge field of study, but it will require a general introduction to all tech and soc topics. SteveMc 02:35, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
you have put the content under 'control' which is not what social shaping of technology is. you would probably lump the social construction of technology with the social shaping of technology even though within the field of sts they are known as different traditions that overlap. --Buridan 14:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion, I changed the section's name. Please feel free to do so, as needed. SteveMc 16:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Science, Technology and Society is a distinct interdisciplinary field. The notion that it should be merged into a separate string of loosely connected verbiage on the subject of "technology and society" does a disservice to that field. Numerous universities have established programs in STS, not in Technology and Society. Conferences, publications, and scholars self-identify as STS, not as Technology and Society. The label Technology and Society chops off "science," which may or may not have anything to do with "Technology." Fields cognate to STS include some such as archaeology and anthropology which on the face of it don't seem to fit well with the "Technology and Society" label, sans the Science. In summary, the merge and redirect seems to have happened without a vote, without taking into account the extant literature and what is happening in the world in the STS field.
--Bbbozzz 23:56, 22 Feb 2007 (UTC)
