"History and Technology in an Age of "Grand Challenges
Raising Questions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4868315 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Van Der Vleuten (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 260-271 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2020.0000 |
| PMID | 32249222 |
| OpenAlex | W3014967916 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
This essay introduces the forum about history and technology in an age of "grand challenges." First, it sketches present-day political and engineering debates on technology's role in solving or causing "grand societal challenges," which allegedly threaten humanity and the environment. This raises the question if, why, and how historians of technology can and should engage with these intellectually tricky and politically charged debates. The essay then presents the initiative of the Tensions of Europe network to develop transnational research groups and research agendas exploring this question, and introduces the five research agendas published in this forum. Finally, it raises five overall "grand challenges" to the field: How can we trace the histories of technology and grand societal challenges across temporal, spatial, sectoral, methodological, and political divides
Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Field (mathematics) · Grand Challenges · Grand strategy · Humanity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Raising (metalworking) · Social science · Sociology · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History of Science and Medicine · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.69 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |