MIT Symposium on The History of Technology: Past, Present, and Future

June 7th – 8th, 2024

  • Symposium Poster and Program
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Symposium-Papers
  • Speaker Bios & Photos
  • STS Program at MIT
Interview with Merritt Roe Smith 

/ /   TABLE OF CONTENTS   \ \ 

  • Chapter I – Ruth Schwartz Cowan – Does the History of Technology Have a Paradigm?
  • Chapter II – Daniel J. Kevles – Federal Agencies and the Technologies of Observation, Detection, and Regulation
  • Chapter III – Alex Roland – A SHOT Dilemma
  • Chapter IV – Edmund Russell – Processes First. Things Second or Third
  • Chapter V – Ken Alder – Accelerationism: A Short, Longue Durée History of  Technological Change
  • Chapter VI – Colleen Dunlavy – A View from the Periphery, Thoughts on AI, and a Glance Backward
  • Chapter VII – Jamie Pietruska – Infrastructure and Catastrophe in Histories of Envirotech
  • Chapter VIII – David Lucsko – How Things Work and Why It Matters
  • Chapter IX  – Steven Usselman – Comments on “Technology and Culture“
  • Chapter X  – Gregory Clancey – The History of Technology in an Age of Mass Extinction
  • Chapter XI  – Peter C. Perdue – Chinese Environmental History: Past, Present, and Future 
  • Chapter XII – Greg Galer – Historic Preservation and the History of Technology
  • Chapter XIII  – Rebecca Perry – Imagined Spaces, Virtual Workplaces: Film Production Hits the Wall
  • Chapter XIV – Timothy S. Wolters – Continuity and Change Across Four Eras: The Past, Present, and Future of the History of Technology
  • Chapter XV – Dave Unger – Tools for Imagining a Better World: Social Technology, Organizational Dark Matter, and Reading for Difference
  • Chapter XVI – David A. Mindell – Lessons from the Lunar Society
  • Chapter XVII – Victor McElheny – Summary Thoughts on the History of Technology  and Its Importance in Today’s World

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