{"id":16,"date":"2016-06-06T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inbetweentech.space\/?p=9"},"modified":"2017-01-23T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T19:47:17","slug":"search-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostandpenny.com\/ed654\/2016\/06\/06\/search-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Search &amp; Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Technological Somnambulism &#8211; a fascinating concept, a term coined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0ahUKEwixz6He8JHNAhVC3WMKHeOpALwQFggdMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fhettingern.people.cofc.edu%2FNature_Technology_and_Society_Fall_2010%2FWinner_Ttechnologies_as_Forms_of_Life.pdf&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3pXFNhmr01wNoDCoRNh_uGnm1MA&amp;cad=rja\"><span class=\"s2\">Langdon Winner<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> in his essay, \u201cTechnologies as Forms of Life\u201d <\/span><span class=\"s4\">that explores relationship between technology and society. While examining relationship between philosophy and technology, Winner\u2019s essay is ultimately structured around basic idea that people are\u00a0<strong>unaware <\/strong>(thus \u201cSomnambulism\u201d or sleepwalking) \u00a0that they are significantly changing their lives to accommodate new technology. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And he\u00a0explores possible reasons for why it happens:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">we view technology as an object, tool thus creating a separation between us and technology &#8212; we can always\u00a0pick\u00a0it up or put it down;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">there is a separation between &#8220;the makers&#8221; of technology and &#8220;users&#8221; of technology &#8212; creating a rift in research and foreseeable long-term implications;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">technology seem to create new worlds or &#8220;forms of life&#8221; around us by restructuring common and everyday things (like, who uses phone as a phone anymore?) and is defined solely by how it is used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s4\">As grim as it sounds at first (and maybe is somewhat\u00a0\u201csoft\u201d technological determinism, really), I feel the\u00a0Technological Somnambulism theory implies that we as humans can have\u00a0some choice\/control? (i have not decided on which it is yet, maybe both?) in how technology changes human development through changing our behavior. We socially condition ourselves to ignore the change as it happens. \u00a0As a result or in the process of this conditioning the technology then becomes part of our every day lives to the extend that it is a &#8220;second nature&#8221; to us. We simply do not give it a second thought anymore. But if we are aware of the reasons, surely we can adjust our behaviors. Here are just few questions that immediately came to my mind after reading about\u00a0Technological Somnambulism:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s4\">What conscious decisions can I\u00a0make about technology in my\u00a0live and (how) would they\u00a0make a difference?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"s4\">When we reject a piece of technology do we do so because it does not do what we need, too complicated,\u00a0 peer pressure, marketing, cost, stubbornness? Do we accept it for the same reason? And if \u00a0a<\/span><\/span>ll things being equal, why is it that I can say no to Facebook where all of my friends are but need to have Amazon Alexa on my counter?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">If technology is such a huge part of our lives, what implications are there when I make a decision to ban technology from my classroom?<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">How can\u00a0I\u00a0wake my students up?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think this topic is relevant to\u00a0this course\u00a0because\u00a0it takes\u00a0a step back from &#8220;cause-and-effect&#8221; modality and offers instead to look at the &#8220;now-and-how.&#8221; Technology is here and it is not possible for us as educators to keep dismissing the fact that we\u00a0are the &#8220;operating parts.&#8221;\u00a0Yet, we are still debating whether it belongs in our classroom. It is in our classroom, it is in a\u00a0pocket of every student who sits in front of us. The questions is not whether we let it in, the question is how we utilize it for learning, bring awareness (Digital Literacy, diiiiigiiiital liiiiiiteracy, digit<strong>AL L<\/strong>iteracy) and help shape the social reconstruction process itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Technologies as Forms of Life<\/em> by\u00a0Langdon Winner &#8211; the original article that outlined the theory. Even if you are not interested in this theory this essay is worth the read.\u00a0A conglomeration of Winner&#8217;s personal experience, a mush-up of philosophies of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Ludwig_Wittgenstein\">Wittgenstein<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Karl_Marx\">Marx<\/a>, language, politics, and common sense.<\/li>\n<li>Something completely different (a bit of fun):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.futuretimeline.net\/\">http:\/\/www.futuretimeline.net\/<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; nice technology timelines (past, present, and future)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/static\/singularity\">http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/static\/singularity<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; the most comprehensive resource on the future of Singularity<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>Do Artifacts Have Politics?<\/em> by Langdon Winner \u00a0&#8212; autocratic vs. democratic technologies. Explores the consequences of technological innovation in political terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onid.piatanova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Impact_of_Internet_technologies_search_final2.pdf\">A 58 page document<\/a> that evaluates the value of Internet Search, perhaps one of the biggest technology we take for granted. Sure, some of it will put you to sleep, but there are some eye opening\u00a0statistics there. Disclaimer: it is from 2011.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, the man who questioned things\u00a0first in 1964&#8230;\u00a0Marshall\u00a0McLuhan, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/alaska.edu\/file\/d\/0BzBdId84gnfrMmd6UlJxUjF2TlU\/view?usp=sharing\"><em>Understanding Media the Extensions of Man<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technological Somnambulism &#8211; a fascinating concept, a term coined by Langdon Winner in his essay, \u201cTechnologies as Forms of Life\u201d that explores relationship between technology and society. 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