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Date |
Topic |
Assignment |
| Thu., 9/5 | Introduction, orientation. Evolution. Complexity.
System. (1) Determinism. Internal-External. Social Construction. Revolutions. Dynamics. |
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| Tues., 9/10 | Mind, Consciousness, Language, Naturfacts.
Paleotechnics. |
Prologue (THD 2-13) The Mindfulness of Man (THD 14-47) In the Dreamtime Long Ago (THD 48-71) The Gift of Tongues (THD 72-97) |
| Thu., 9/12 | Paleotechnics. Neolithic and Agricultural
Revolutions. Kings and States. |
Finders and Makers (THD 98-125) Fore-Stages of Domestication (THD 126-141) Garden, Home, and Mother (THD 142-162) Kings as Prime Movers (THD 163-187) The Trigger Effect (Connections Ch. 1, 1-13) |
| Tues., 9/17 | The Megamachine, and Civilization, Invention, Arts. | The Design of the Megamachine
(THD 188-211) The Burden of 'Civilization' (THD 212-233) Invention and the Arts (THD 234-262) Introduction (T 3-19) |
| Thu., 9/19 | The Third Industrial
Revolution: Energy, Agriculture; Technology and Life in the Middle Ages |
Energy Resources of Europe
and their Development (MM1-28) The Agricultural Revolution (MM 29-58) Life of the Silent Majority (Packet, LSM 133-144; 15 pp) The Middle Ages (Packet, MA 66-79; 14 pp) The Road from Alexandria (Connections Ch. 2, 14-43) |
| Tues., 9/24 | Medieval Inventiveness and Technological Change | Technology Assessment from the Stance of a Medieval Historian (Packet, TA 1-13; 13 pp) The Act of Invention (Packet, AI 107-131; 25 pp) |
| Thu., 9/26 | Mines, the Environment, and Ecological Crisis | Mining the Mineral Wealth
of Europe (MM 59-74) Environment and Pollution (MM 75-92) Historical Roots .. Ecological Crisis(Packet, HRE 75-94;20 pp) Distant Voices (Connections, Ch. 3, 45-79) |
| Tues.,10/1 | Cathedrals,
Monasteries, Engineers, and Medieval Pioneers |
Labor Conditions in Three
Medieval Industries (MM 93-113) Villard de Honnecourt: Architect and Engineer (MM 114-147) The Cathedral Builders…(MI 1-28) Pioneers in Mechanization (THD 263-296) |
| Thu.,10/3 | Medieval Technology:
Another View Clock and Press. Two kinds of solution. |
The Mechanical Clock: the
Key Machine (MM 148-170) A Century of Invention: 1250-1350 (MI 29-55) Gears from the Greeks (T 20-48) New Worlds and an Information Revolution (T 49-74) Faith in Numbers (Connections Ch. 4, 80-113) |
| Tues.,10/8 | Medieval Science | Reason, Mathematics, and Experimental Science (MM178-198) Mathematics and the Arts: 1450 - 1600 (MI 56-79) |
| Thu.,10/10 | The End of
Medieval Technics The Roots of the Scientific Revolution |
The Practical Arts and the
Scientific Revolution (MI 80-102) The Scientific Revolution (T 75-101) The Wheel of Fortune (Connections Ch. 5, 114-151) |
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| Thu., 10/17 | The Scientific to the Industrial Revolution:
Social and Political Factors |
Project Drafts Due
Social Ideals in Technical
Change…(MI 103-132) |
| Tues.,10/22 | The Industrial Revolution: the Eighteenth Century | Technology in the Industrial
Revolution (MI 159-189) Reason and Improvement (T 105-128) Progress in Practice (T 129-152) The Birth of the Factory (T 153-177) |
| Thu., 10/24 | The Revolutionary Years, 1790-1825 | Technology becomes Autonomous…
(T 178-202) Napoleonic Europe (T 203-227) The Long Chain (Connections Ch. 7, 184-213) |
| Tues.,10/29 | The 19th Century: Railroads, Power, and Engineering | Conflicting Ideals in Engineering:
America and Britain, 1790-1870 (MI 190-215) Roads, Railroads, and a New Philosophy of Power (T 228-252) The Public Face of Technology: Artistry and and Intelligence (T 253-277) |
| Thu., 10/31 | 1840-1870: Exhibitions, Thermodynamics, Electricity | Basalla Paper Due
Progress at the Flood (T
281-305) |
| Tues.,11/5 | Ideals and Technology; Wars and New Technologies | Institutionalizing Technical Ideals, 1820-1920
(MI 216-241) A Century of Wars, (T 363-394) Paradigm Cases (T 395-424) |
| Thu., 11/7 | From Little Technology to Big Technology | Foreshadowing the Future (T
425-456) Technology and the Individual: Little Technology (T 457-484) Lighting the Way (Connections Ch. 9, 248-286) |
| Tues.,11/12 | Philosophy of Technology - 1 | Idealistic Trends in Twentieth-Century
Technology (MI 242-266) Conclusion: Evolution and Progress (ET 207-218) Notes towards a Philosophy of Technology (T 485-513) |
| Thu., 11/14 | Philosophy of Technology - 2 | "Technological Determinism" (Packet,
TD 1-35; 35 pp) "Postmodern Pessimism" (Packet, PP 237-257;
21 pp) "Pentagon of Power" (Packet, POP 4-21; 18 pp) Inventing the Future (Connections Ch. 10, 287-295) |
| Tues.,11/19 | Student Presentations - 1 | fillertype |
| Tues.,11/21 | Student Presentations - 2 | fillertype |
| Thu., 11/26 | Student Presentations - 3 | fillertype |
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| Tues., 12/1 | Comprehensive Hour Exam | |
| Thu., 12/5 | Student Presentations - 4
(if needed) SCES Course review and evaluation |
Review Exam |
| Fri., 12/6 | 5:00 p.m. | Term Projects are due. |
