ANTHR-259 Digital Technology and Social Transformation
Examines some of the ways in which digital technologies have been imagined to be important to social change, transformation, or innovation. Proponents of the use of digital technologies toward social change have focused on their speed, connectivity, and capacity. The course will introduce some of these arguments, will review some critiques of these arguments, and will suggest – via ethnographic cases – that digital technologies, like all sociocultural forms, should be studied with careful attention to contextual concerns.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
One 100-level course in Anthropology or consent of instructor.
Offered
Spring