Questioning the Language that We Use: A Reaction to Pannabecker's Critique of the Technological Impact Metaphor
By: Stephen Petrina
Open Access
|Sep 1992Abstract
In Volume 3, #1 of the Journal of Technology Education, Pannabecker (1991) identified shortcomings in the language that has shaped perspectives within technology education, and raised an issue for dialogue. This essay is intended to extend Pannabecker's critique to include the metaphors of autonomous and advancing technology, and their supporting ideology of technological progress. Reasons for extended critique and a summary of contemporary debates on these issues in the history of technology are provided.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/jte.v4i1.a.5 | Journal eISSN: 1045-1064
Language: English
Page range: 51 - 57
Published on: Sep 22, 1992
Published by: Virginia Tech
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1992 Stephen Petrina, published by Virginia Tech
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.