Soft Tech/Hard Tech, Hi Tech/Lo Tech
A Social Movement Analysis of Appropriate Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2274064 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denton E Morrison (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 220-248 |
| Publication date | 1983-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1983.tb00035.x |
| OpenAlex | W1967981330 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
Much of the contemporary debate over technology is explicitly and implicitly focused on the question of whether certain technological styles are appropriate or inappropriate. The framing of the debate in this way is due to an active social movement that advocates appropriate technology (AT). The movement is growing from urgent concerns with the undesirable 'hard' equity, environmental/resource, and quality of life impacts of modern industrial technologies, both in developing and developed countries. The major features of the AT movement and its social sources are examined. Then the emerging hi techs are characterized and analyzed in terms of the major impacts of concern in the AT movement
Aesthetics · Emerging technologies · Equity (law) · Framing (construction) · High tech · Movement (music) · Political science · Social movement · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2022 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |