Engineering and Social Concern: Towards New Practices
Keywords:
technological determinism, frugal innovation, collective action, STS teaching, engineeringAbstract
Based on the observation that currently there is identification between technological irreversibility and technological inevitability —an identification that denies the possibility of constructing alternatives to what already exists—, this paper argues that this framework is not accurate and that such a construction requires a reflexive discussion regarding new practices in engineering education. This is essential to prompt social concern among science and technology students and face the challenges of climate change, inequality and the antidemocratic drift in the application of information and communication technologies.Downloads
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