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Course Catalog 01/02

Business Adm and Social Science
IES329 History of Technology and IT-Society 15.0 ECTS credits
TIMEPERIOD: I LANGUAGE:Swedish EXAMINER Staffan Hansson Prof PREREQUISITES None except general. COURSE AIM - Through studies of interesting technical phenomena from different historical periods to create an understanding of how technical, economical, social and political changes work together. - To arouse an interest in the technical skills of earlier societies and also to inspire further studies in the subject. - To provide students with a basic understanding of how information- and communication technology and man interact. CONTENTS Item 1 History of Technology - Introduction and method. - Technical development during ancient and antique times. - Technical development during medieval times. - Technical development from the sixteenth century. - Technical development outside of the european areas Item 2 IT-Society The course focuses on IT as a social phenomenon as well as its affects on society and politics. It discusses how people's conceptions of IT as well as their usage of IT affect our behaviour. The course focuses on various topics such as new media, IT-culture, cyberspace and e-democracy. TEACHING Lessons and seminars. EXAMINATION Fail, Pass, Pass with Honour. COURSE GRADE SCALE: ITEMS/CREDITS
Seminars	1.50ECTS
Written exam	6.00ECTS
Written exam	7.50ECTS
COURSE LITERATURE Item 1 Blomkvist, P., och Kaijser, A. (red), (1998), Den konstruerade världen. Brutus Östlings förlag. Eslöv. (valda delar). Hansson, Staffan (1996), Teknikhistoria. Om tekniskt kunnande och dess betydelse för individ och samhälle. Studentlitteratur. Lund. Hult, Jan m fl. (1989), Svensk teknikhistoria. Gidlunds. Värnamo. Utöver ovanstående kan eventuellt visst stencilerat material komma att tillkomma. Item 2 Amnå, Erik (1999) IT i demokratins tjänst. Demokratiutredningens forskarvolym VII, SOU 1999:117, Fakta Info Direkt, Stockholm. Glimell, Hans (1999) 'Bauhaus back in business: IT-elitens kolonialisering av tingen'. Vest, 1-2, 49-75. Law, John (1991) A Sociology of Monsters. Essays on Power, Technology and Domination. Routledge, London. Sundqvist, Göran (1999) 'Framgångsteknik: Om IT-infrastruktur och teknikdeterminism'. Vest, 1-2, 105-133. Whilborg, Elin (2000) En lösning som söker problem: Hur och varför lokala IT-policyer utvecklas i landsbygdskommuner. Doktorsavhandling Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Linköping universitet (valda delar) Artiklar kan tillkomma

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