Technology Studies · Introductory guide
Social shaping & politics of technology
Whose interests and values shape technology?
Overview
Work, gender, institutions, and power shape technological choices. Social shaping and the politics of artifacts overlap, but are not a single school or a claim that technical properties do not matter.
Historical context
1970s–1980s onward · intersecting critical traditions
Key thinkers
Donald MacKenzie · Judy Wajcman · Langdon Winner