VocabularyList.docx

Vocabulary List

Below is a vocabulary list with terms divided in accordance with the headings for each of the Required Learning Materials. Please use this as a guide for the terminology you should know for this course. 

The Elements of Culture

· nonmaterial culture

· material culture 

· symbol 

· Sapir-Whorf hypothesis 

· formal and informal norms 

· language 

· ritual 

· norms 

· values 

Kinds of Culture & Cultural Change

· subculture 

· counterculture 

· cultural lag 

· globalization 

· diffusion 

· cultural evolution 

Defining Terms in the Study of Technology 

· Technology (list all possible definitions) 

· Artifact 

· Technique 

· Institutions 

· Technological determinism 

· Artifactual determinism 

· Technological politics 

· Technological momentum 

· Technological frames 

· Unintended consequences 

Technique

· techne 

· semantic void 

· mechanic arts 

· sociotechnical system 

· reification 

· technological determinism 

· Technological automatism 

· Technological bluff 

Technology as a Concept

· techne

· semantic void

· mechanic arts

· sociotechnical system

· technology

Technological Determinism & Social Constructivism 

· technological determinism

· social constructivism

Digitization

· technocratic idea of progress 

· material practice 

· heterogenous technology 

· information 

· computerization 

· digitization 

· digital data 

· artifacts