The Lantern-Bearers of the history of technology
Historians of technology need to focus more on studying human experiences of technological change rather than technological objects. Aesthetic debates over ‘realism’ and ‘romance’ in the later nineteenth century suggest that greater attention to the inward world of lived experience can enhance our u...
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| author | Williams, Rosalind H |
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| description | Historians of technology need to focus more on studying human experiences of technological change rather than technological objects. Aesthetic debates over ‘realism’ and ‘romance’ in the later nineteenth century suggest that greater attention to the inward world of lived experience can enhance our understanding of historical experience. The well-known writer Robert Louis Stevenson experimented with a variety of new forms of romance to write about contemporary events in the South Seas with primary attention to inward experiences of technological change, as opposed to accounts of technological objects. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1062282022-09-28T10:34:25Z The Lantern-Bearers of the history of technology Williams, Rosalind H Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society Williams, Rosalind Williams, Rosalind H Historians of technology need to focus more on studying human experiences of technological change rather than technological objects. Aesthetic debates over ‘realism’ and ‘romance’ in the later nineteenth century suggest that greater attention to the inward world of lived experience can enhance our understanding of historical experience. The well-known writer Robert Louis Stevenson experimented with a variety of new forms of romance to write about contemporary events in the South Seas with primary attention to inward experiences of technological change, as opposed to accounts of technological objects. 2017-01-06T15:54:03Z 2017-01-06T15:54:03Z 2013-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0734-1512 1477-2620 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106228 Williams, Rosalind. “The Lantern-Bearers of the History of Technology.” History and Technology 29.3 (2013): 262–277. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-0116 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07341512.2013.858521 History and Technology Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Taylor & Francis Prof. Rosalind Williams via Michelle Baildon |
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