The social dynamics of technology : practice, politics, and world views / edited by Marcia-Anne Dobres and Christopher R. Hoffman.

Other author Dobres, Marcia-Anne.
Other author Hoffman, Christopher R.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxvi, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Material culture.
Technology--Sociological aspects.
Technology--Social aspects.

Contents Introduction: a context for the present and future of technology studies / Marcia-Anne Dobres and Christopher R. Hoffman -- "After all, a hoe bought a wife": the social dimensions of ironworking among the Toro of East Africa / S. Terry Childs -- Crafts and the evolution of complex societies: new methodologies for modeling the organization of production, a Harappan example / Valentine Roux and Pierre Matarasso -- Toward the architecture of household service in New England, 1650-1850 / Roy Larick -- Intentional damage as technological agency: breaking metals in late prehistoric Mallorca, Spain / Christopher R. Hoffman -- Technology's links and chaînes: the processual unfolding of technique and technician / Marcia-Anne Dobres -- Worlds in the making: technological activities and the construction of intersubjective meaning / Bryan Pfaffenberger -- Dogs, snares, and cartridge belts: the poetics of a Northern Athapaskan narrative technology / Robin Ridington -- Exploitation of tradition: bone tool production and use at Colony Ross, California / Thomas A. Wake -- Conclusion: making material culture, making culture material / Christopher R. Hoffman and Marcia-Anne Dobres -- Afterward / Heather Lechtman.
Local noteLittle-320350--305131019177
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98038120
ISBN1560989092 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN406 .S6 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold