Diving into the course I have soon learnt that technology is not just meaning computers and digital devices, but goes further from reading Jose Anazagasty "What is Technology" which Jose quotes Wiebe E. Bijker (1992: 75) Technology is assumed to be designed, developed, and produced by engineers. They are at the drawing boards and behind the laboratory benches; they apply for patents, model the prototype, and test in the pilot plant; they show the newly born artifact to the press and, if lucky, they figure prominently in the glossy photographs of stories about heroic inventors.
Technology to me now after reading through this is way more complexed than I originally thought and makes me think now of the bigger picture of technology that it looks at technology as an overall picture, from the beginning of a certain object, how and why it was created, changes made to improve to make it achieve a certain goal.
As we indulge further in the course, I am sure my understanding of technology will be deepened.
I haven't actually done this reflection, so I enjoyed reading yours. I also find it scary thinking about our future in regards to technology, it is ever so advancing. I think we are learning so much from this course and glad we are doing it together as a group. I love your early reflection on this and cant wait to see one at the end of the course to see how much you have developed in the course :)
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