De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action
Network technologies are very desirable for social action, allowing activists to achieve more with less, more quickly and with broader impact; on the other hand, the very advantages they bring are equally important to the world of contemporary capitalism that social action seeks to change. Thus, we...
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Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
2010
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| description | Network technologies are very desirable for social action, allowing activists to achieve more with less, more quickly and with broader impact; on the other hand, the very advantages they bring are equally important to the world of contemporary capitalism that social action seeks to change. Thus, we must look beyond network technologies as the easy solution to every problem, and focus instead on the human relationships which might be enabled by them. This focus on relationships requires us to 'de-tool' information technology. Instead, for social action, it is more valuable to think of networked computing as part of the environment within which action can occur; an important purpose for such action; and as a medium that nurtures expression and engagement of self and belief. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-192852017-01-30T12:13:00Z De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action Allen, Matthew technology social action Internet Network technologies are very desirable for social action, allowing activists to achieve more with less, more quickly and with broader impact; on the other hand, the very advantages they bring are equally important to the world of contemporary capitalism that social action seeks to change. Thus, we must look beyond network technologies as the easy solution to every problem, and focus instead on the human relationships which might be enabled by them. This focus on relationships requires us to 'de-tool' information technology. Instead, for social action, it is more valuable to think of networked computing as part of the environment within which action can occur; an important purpose for such action; and as a medium that nurtures expression and engagement of self and belief. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19285 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia fulltext |
| spellingShingle | technology social action Internet Allen, Matthew De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action |
| title | De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action |
| title_full | De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action |
| title_fullStr | De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action |
| title_full_unstemmed | De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action |
| title_short | De-tooling Technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action |
| title_sort | de-tooling technology: networked computing as an environment, purpose and medium for social action |
| topic | technology social action Internet |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19285 |