This unit is intended to help students develop critical perspectives towards technology in general and engineering practices in particular. It locates the achievements and failures of technological rationality as it has been deployed within European modernity, both historically and in its current phase of neoliberal globalisation. The unit also explores alternative ways of relating to technology that are non-capitalist, non-oppressive, and ecologically sustainable.<br/><br/>The unit is cross-disciplinary in its approach—this meeting of otherwise disparate world-views, values, theoretical paradigms, and political identifications is a key component of the unit. It starts by examining the... -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Caroline Baillie
Prerequisites: completion of 48 points including ENSC1001 Engineering Challenges in a Global World or a Level 1 unit from the Bachelor of Arts
