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ANTI TECHNOLOGY
Does the Internet brings us closer together
as a community, or are we prisoners of the technology?
The recent conflict in Iraq is a case in point.
The images of liberation (or occupation as others may say) were displayed
on our television sets or computer screens in real time.
The fundamental conflicts within most
technological criticisms is that either technology is enslaving and
subjugating humanity; or, the "system" is using technology, under the
pretense of progress, to subjugate everyone else.
Marx said the Luddites had it wrong when they
smashed the machines. The
real enemy was the capital forces which implemented the technology. Which side
of the argument you choose depends on your view of technological progress as
either autonomous, or as controlled by the system.
The links below cover topics such as the history
of technology, technology and religion and anti-technology. One day we
hope to find the time to organize them by some sort of logical category.
But then again is that pro-technology? For now, we suggest you use the
"find" button in your browser and a key word, to find articles/links
that may be of interest to you.
| "The
Miracle of Islamic Science" |
| ``I'm
not a Luddite, but...'' by Philip J. Davis SIAM News March 1996 |
| · Hug (1997) Can "computer shocks" activate
democracy? /a> (Summary by Robert Keele) |
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Kling, McKim and King (2001) A Bit More To IT: Scholarly
Communication Forums as Socio-Technical Interaction Networks |
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Lemke (1998) Material Sign Processes and Emergent Ecosocial
Organization |
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Lenoir (1994) The Semiotic Turn and A.J. Greimas: Was That Last
Turn A Right Turn? |
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Martin (1998) Geographic Information Systems: Some useful concepts
from ANT |
| · McBride (2000) Using Actor-Network Theory to Predict the
Organizational Success of a Communications Network |
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Miettinen (1997) The Concept of Activity in the Analysis of
Hetereogenuous Networks in Innovation Process |
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Morgan and Roberts (1997) Accounting for the Growth of the 'Firm' |
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Nardi, Whittaker, and Schwarz (2000) It's Not What You Know, It's
Who You Know: Work in the Information Age |
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Schuman (1997) Human/Machine Reconsidered |
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Somerville (1997) Actor-Network Theory: A useful paradigm for the
analysis of the UK cable/on-line sociotechnical ensemble? |
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Underwood (1998) What ANT Tells us about Systems Development |
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Van House (2000) Actor-Network Theory, Knowledge Work, and Digital
Libraries |
| A
Brief History of Astronomy |
| A
Primitivist Primer by John Moore |
| A
Snake, Some Oil (review by Rory McGreal) |
| A
Timeline of Technology |
| A
Virtual Museum: History of Technology and Everyday Life |
| Aboulafia,
Gould, and Spyrou (1994) Activity Theory vs Cognitive Science in the Study
of Human-Computer Interaction |
| Activist
Philosophy of Technology Essays 1989-99 |
| Against
His-story, Against Leviathan (excerpt) by Fredy Perlman |
| Age
of Grief by John Zerzan |
| An
Anthropology Course Syllabus (Choose Topics) |
| An
Ode to the Framers of the Frame Bill (Steven Jones) |
| An
Open Letter on Technology and Mediation by Ron Leighton, et al. |
| An
Open Letter to Enviros by Chellis Glendinnng |
| An
Overview of Decentralism by Kirkpatrick Sale |
| Ancient
Egypt: Pyramids |
| Ancient
India |
| Ancient,
Hellenic & Hellenistic Natural Philosophy: A Bibliography |
| Anti-Technological
Attitudes Online (CMC Magazine call for articles) |
| Anti-Technology
Sentiment: How Much Do I Hate It? Let Me Count the Ways... |
| Archaeology
on the WWW |
| Argonne
National Laboratory Transportation Technology R & D Center |
| Artificial
Heart - Clinical Trial |
| Associations
(History, Technology, and Society) |
| Auto
History Online |
| Aviation
History |
| Babylonian
and Egyptian Mathematics |
| Beckman
(2000) Martin Heidegger and Environmental Ethics |
| Bibliography
and History of the Book |
| Biotechnology
Index Site |
| Blacker
(1994) Philosophy of Technology and Education |
| Book,
Manuscript and Printing History |
| Breaking
the Frames (Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia) |
| Brey
Philosophy of Technology Meets Social Constructivism |
| Bringing
Mars into the Iron Age |
| Broad
Spectrum Revolution |
| Bryson
and De Castell (1998) New technologies and the cultural ecology of primary
schooling: Imagining teachers as luddities in/deed |
| Building
the Basics (interview with Langdon Winner) |
| Byron
Song for the Luddites (Steven Jones) |
| Chafy
(1997) Exploring the Intellectual Foundation of Technology Education: From
Condorcet to Dewey |
| Chambers,
DeSalva, Dredske, and Lyons Cyberphobia |
| Charles
Babbage (1832) Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (McMaster University) |
| Charles
Babbage Institute of Computer History |
| Cloning,
Genes, and "Brave New World" |
| Coalition
Against Civilization |
| Communication
and Technology |
| Community
by John Zerzan |
| Computers
and Hope in an Urban Ark by Langdon Winner |
| Council
of Trent |
| Critical
Theory of Technology (1991) |
| Culture
by John Zerzan |
| Cyberlibertarian
Myths and the Prospects for Community by Langdon Winner |
| Davenport
(1997) The Luddite Book Review |
| Davis
(1995) I'm not a Luddite, but ... |
| Democratization
of Technology, Who are the Experts? |
| Di
Scipio (1996) Questions Concerning Music Technology: From Heidegger's View
to Feenberg's Subversive Rationalization |
| Dittrick
Medical History Center |
| Division
of Labor by John Zerzan |
| Do
Or Die The Luddites' War on Industry |
| DOT
Transportation Science and Technology |
| Dreyfus
and Spinosa (1996) Highway Bridges and Feasts: Heidegger and Borgmann on
How to Affirm Technology |
| Durbin
Advances in Philosophy of Technology? Comparative Perspectives |
| Easter
Island |
| Ebersole
(1995) Media Determinism in Cyberspace |
| EDGE:
What is the Most Important Invention? |
| Edler
(2000) On Contemporary Philosophies of Technology |
| edtechnot.com
(Jim Forde) |
| Effect
of Electronic Communication on Local Communities |
| Englander
and Taylor (1988) The Luddites |
| Eriksen
(2001) Tyranny of the moment: Fast and slow time in the information age |
| Escaping
the Iron Cage Subversive Rationalization and Democratic Theory (1998) |
| Essays
on the Philosophy of Technology (Compiled by Frank Edler) |
| Even
Luddites Have Web Sites by Kitty Williams |
| Extracting
Gold |
| Faith,
Reason, Science & Technology |
| Feenberg
(1999) Modernity Theory and Technology Studies: Reflections on Bridging
the Gap |
| Ferro
(1994) America's Colonial Press How Ben Franklin Used His Newspaper-- The
Pennsylvania Gazette-- to 'Popularize' An Evolving Science |
| Five
Facets of a Myth by Kirkpatrick Sale |
| Fjeld,
Lauche, Bichsel, Voorhorst, Krueger and Rauterberg (2002) Physical and
Virtual Tools: Activity Theory Applied to the Design of Groupware. |
| Flavell
(1999) Understanding student writing in a globalised university: an
activity system approach. |
| Flint
Michigan Public Library Automotive History Collection |
| Frohmann
(1997) Taking Information Policy Beyond Information Science: Applying the
Actor Network Theory |
| From
Essentialism to Constructivism: Philosophy of Technology at the Crossroads
(1996) |
| Future
Primitive by John Zerzan |
| Gendreau
(1995) The Cautionary Ontological Approach To Technology of Gabriel Marcel |
| General
Ludd's Triumph (courtesy, Steven Jones) |
| Genetic
Engineering and Its Dangers |
| Genetic
Engineering News |
| Genetically
Engineered Foods - A Serious Health Hazard |
| Genetics
Index Site |
| Geyer
(1988) Science and Culture in Action: An Historical Examination of the
Acceptance of the Work of C.G.Jung and Isabel Myers |
| Goguen
(1999) Actor Network Theory (Lecture notes from Social Theories of
Technology and Science) |
| Gold
Alloys |
| Gold
Overview |
| Gregory
(1998) Heidegger On Traditional Language And Technological Language |
| Gutenberg
Digital Site (extensive images and interpretation) |
| Güzeldere
and Franchi (1995) mindless mechanisms,mindful constructions |
| Hanseth
and Braa (1998) Technology as traitor: Emergent SAP infrastructure in a
global organization |
| Hanseth
and Montiero (1998) Changing Irreversible Networks |
| Hanseth
and Montiero (2001) Understanding Information Infrastructure |
| Havas
(1996) Contradictions in Principles of Ethics and Contemporary Technology |
| Health
and the Rise of Civilization by Mark Nathan Cohen (excerpt) |
| Heidegger,
Habermas, and the Essence of Technology (1996) |
| Hickman
(1996) Techne and Politeia Revisited: Pragmatic Paths to Technological
Revolution |
| High
Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom & Other
Reflections by a Computer Contrarian (review by Keith Krueger) |
| Historical
Timeline of Concrete |
| History
of Carpentry Tools |
| History
of Mathematics (Select Topic) |
| History
of Science and Technology Resources (Georgia Tech Library) |
| History
of Science Society |
| History
of Silver Production |
| History
of the Book |
| HotWired:
Unabomber Online |
| How
Stuff Works |
| How
Technomania is Overtaking the Millennium by Langdon Winner |
| Hubert
Dreyfus |
| Ihde
(1996) Philosophy of Technology, 1975-1995 |
| Impacts
of Bioinformatics Revolution |
| Impacts
of the Changing Health System |
| Institute
for Religion, Technology, and Culture |
| Intellectuals
and New Technologies |
| Intercultural
Communication |
| International
Committee for the History of Technology |
| Internet
Tutorials |
| Interview
with John Zerzan |
| Interview
with Kirkpatrick Sale |
| Interview
with Ted Kaczynski |
| Iron
Working |
| Is
It O.K. to be a Luddite? by Thomas Pynchon New York Times Book Review 28
Oct. 1984 |
| Islam
Online (not specific for technology) |
| Johnston,
Lee and McGregor (1995) Engineering as Captive Discourse |
| Journal
of the Society for Philosophy and Technology |
| Judaism
(Overview) |
| Judaism's
View of Biotechnology |
| Kandel,
Clancey and Stramer Luddite Theory |
| Kerr
(1996) Visions of Sugarplums: The Future of Technology, Education, and the
Schools Meaning in Jurgen Habermas' Toward a Rational Society |
| King
Ludd: MOO Conference (IATH Sept. '95) |
| Labach
Neo-Luddite Page |
| Langham
(1994) The Common Place MOO: Orality and Literacy in Virtual Reality |
| Language:
Origin and Meaning by John Zerzan |
| Lessons
from the Luddites |
| Lessons
from the Luddites 5 June 1995 The Nation by Kirkpatrick Sale |
| Letter,
Byron to Lord Holland, 25 Feb. 1812 (Steven Jones) |
| Looking
Backward, Looking Forward: Reflections on the 20th Century (2000) |
| Lord
Byron's defense of the luddites (Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia) |
| Lower
Paleolithic Stone Tool Technologies |
| Lucas
The Ballad of Ned Ludd |
| Lucas
What's a Luddite? |
| Luddism
in the New Millennium March, 2001 interview by David Kupfer |
| Luddites
(Malcolm Bull) |
| Management
of Medical Technology |
| Marcuse
or Habermas: Two Critiques of Technology (1996) |
| Maritime
History |
| Martin
Luther's 95 Theses |
| Matthews
The Metaphysics of Appearance: Heidegger's Critique of Technology |
| Mayan
Agriculture |
| Medicine
and Society "Webliography" |
| Medieval
Iron and Steel |
| Medieval
Science |
| Medieval
Technology |
| Michigan
Electronic Library Automobile History |
| Modernity
Theory and Technology Studies: Reflections on Bridging the Gap (1999) |
| Mooney
(1998) Modern Technology's Problems and Promises |
| Museum
of Automobile History |
| NASA
Space Transportation |
| National
Air and Space Museum |
| National
Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology |
| National
Transportation Safety Board |
| Naval
History |
| Neolithic
Diaspora in Europe |
| Neonatology
on the Web |
| New
Luddite (Richard Lane) |
| New
Luddite (YorkLEAF) |
| New
Technologies, TechnoCities, and the Prospects for Democratization |
| Nieto,
Neotropica, and Durbin (1995) Sustainable Development and Philosophies of
Technology |
| Notes
on Rhetorical Theory (Ed Lamoureux)) |
| Notes
on the Philosophy of Technology (2001) |
| Nova:
Secrets of Lost Empires |
| Number:
Its Origin and Evolution by John Zerzan |
| On
Humans and Machines (Borgmann interview by Katherine Hayles) |
| On
the Transition: Postscript to Future Primitive by John Zerzan |
| On-line
Luddism Index |
| Online
Reference Book for Medieval Studies |
| Organizations
(History, Technology, and Society) |
| Pace
Lewis Mumford: Megathinker and Master of the Metaphor |
| Perspectives
in American Rhetoric (1996) |
| Plato
(360 b.c.) Phaedrus (Socrates: the first Luddite) |
| Poser
(1998) On Structural Differences Between Science and Engineering |
| Prehistory
of the Andean Peoples |
| Primitivism |
| Primitivism |
| Printing:
History and Development |
| Progress
by John Zerzan |
| Pyramids
of Egypt |
| Railroad
History |
| Railroad
History Links (huge site!) |
| Rammert
(1999) Relations that Constitute TechnoLogy and Media that Make a
Difference: Toward a Social Pragmatic Theory of Technicization |
| Red
Rock Eater News Service (social and political aspects of computing and
networking) (Phil Agre) |
| Reflections
on Prehistory |
| Religious
Technology Center (Scientology) |
| Resources
for the History of Books and Printing |
| Review:
The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul by David S. Gallinat |
| Rhetoric
(Andrew @ Carnagie Mellon) |
| Rhetoric
and Epistemology (Nathan Floyd) |
| Rhetoric
of Peace and Conflict |
| Rhetorical
Theory (Univ of Memphis) |
| Robinett
Cyberethics: Back to the Future |
| Running
on Emptiness: The Failure of Symbolic Thought by John Zerzan |
| Sale
(1995) Unabomber Analysis |
| Salon
interview with Bill Joy |
| Science
, Technology and Society : Resources |
| Science
and Christianity |
| Science-
and Science Studies-Related Links |
| Science
and Technology History Online |
| Science
and Technology in the Middle Ages |
| Science,
Technology and Society: Starting Points |
| Science,
Technology, and Christianity |
| Ship
of Fools (stage adaptation) |
| Ship
of Fools by Ted Kaczynski |
| Silver:
History and Extraction/Purification Methods |
| Silverio
The Luddites |
| SmitsIs
There a Legitimate 'Luddite' Response to Technology in the Social Studies? |
| Snaith
(2002) In Defence of Luddism |
| Social
Criticism Review |
| Society
Against the State by Pierre Clastres |
| Society
by John Zerzan |
| Society
for Philosophy & Technology (an electronic journal) |
| Society
for Philosophy and Technology |
| Society
for Philosophy and Technology (see Links section) |
| Society,
Religion, & Technology Project |
| Society,
Religion, and Technology - Cloning |
| South
American Civilizations: The Moche and Inca |
| Spirituality
and Technology |
| Spirituality
and Technology: Exploring the Relationship |
| Stonehenge |
| Subversive
Rationalization: Technology, Power, and Democracy (1992) |
| Susskind
(1993) Technology |
| Technological
Change - Japan vs. United States |
| Technological
Ideals in our Society: A Look at the Unabomber |
| Technology
and Its Impact on Civilization |
| Technology
and Society (National School Boards Foundation) |
| Technology
and the Politics of Knowledge (1995) |
| Technology
As Religion |
| Technology
by John Zerzan |
| Technology,
Trauma, and The Wild by Chellis Glendinnng |
| Techno-Politics,
New Technologies, and the New Public Spheres |
| The
Babylonian Calendar |
| The
Case Against Art by John Zerzan |
| The
Cement Industry |
| The
Effect of Digital Technology on Education |
| The
Handwriting on the Wall: Resisting Technoglobalism's Assault on Education
by Langdon Winner |
| The
Heritage of Rhetorical Theory by Michael Sproule |
| The
History of Glass |
| The
History of Glassmaking |
| The
Human Genome Project |
| The
Imperialism of Everyday Life by John Zerzan |
| The
Imposition of Technology by Kirkpatrick Sale (excerpt from Rebels Against
the Future) |
| The
Information Age and the Printing Press: Looking Backward to See Ahead |
| The
Law of Reverse Civilization |
| The
Luddite Theory |
| The
Luddites (Marjie Bloy) |
| The
Luddites (Spartacus School Net) |
| The
Ludic Quest |
| The
Neo-Luddite Manifesto from Albert F. Davenport |
| The
Original Affluent Society by Marshall Sahlins |
| The
Primitivist Critique of Civilization by Richard Heinberg |
| The
Printing Press and a Changing World |
| The
Real Millennium Bug by Langdon Winner |
| The
Reproduction of Daily Life by Fredy Perlman |
| The
Society for the History of Technology |
| The
Three Earliest Old World States |
| The
Unabomber's Manifesto |
| The
Uses of the Primitive by Stanley Diamond |
| Thinking
Through Technology (review by Richard Deitrich) |
| Time
and its Discontents by John Zerzan |
| Timeline
of Printing History |
| Timmermann
The Social Construction of Science (and Technology) (course outline) |
| Tonality
and Totality by John Zerzan |
| U.S.
Department of Transportation |
| Unabomber's
Secret Treatise: Is there method in his madness? by Kirkpatrick Sale |
| Unibomber
Manifesto (Wired 1994) |
| Virilio,
War, and Technology: Some Critical Reflections (1998) |
| Voice
of the Shuttle: Science, Technology & Culture |
| Web
Links for Iron |
| What
is Genetic Engineering (Union of Concerned Scientists) |
| Whither
Educational Technology? (Peer Review, 1999) |
| Who
were the Luddites? (Learning Curve) |
| Who
were the Luddites? (Wikipedia) |
| Who
will we be in cyberspace? by Langdon Winner |
| Why
the future doesn't need us ( Bill Joy, Wired April 2000) |
| Why
the future doesn't need us by Bill Joy |
| Will
Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity by 2100? (Stanford Symposium) |
| Will
Technology Change Spirituality? |
| Wrought
Iron |
| Youth
and Regression in an Infantile Society by John Zerzan |
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