CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
Fall 2008
Dom Franco

Section One Schedule

WEEK ONE
August 20

Introduction to course
Definitions
Cultural representations of technology 

WEEK TWO
August 27

read Postman "The Ideology of Machines: Medical Technology"
the clock
("A Walk Through Time")

WEEK THREE
September 3

everyday technology
read Petroski "Stick Before Zip"
deep technologies--writing
read Burke "The ABC of Logic"
(The Prometheus myth)

WEEK FOUR
September 10

Frankenstein

WEEK FIVE
September 17
Frankenstein
Review
WEEK SIX
September 24
TEST ONE
Interview paper due

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