The Role of ICTs is Development. A Look at the Social Construction of Technology in the Ecuadorian Case
This article proposes to begin with what are known as science, technology and society studies (STS) as a way to problematize information and communication technologies (ICTs), their vision of progress and their association with the development discourse. In these studies, technology is understood as...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Revista ICONOS |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/412 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/412 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | desarrollo tecnología determinismo tecnológico TIC sociedad de la información development technology technological determinism ICTs information society |
| Sumario: | This article proposes to begin with what are known as science, technology and society studies (STS) as a way to problematize information and communication technologies (ICTs), their vision of progress and their association with the development discourse. In these studies, technology is understood as a social construction. Said focus can help us to think about the central elements that should be taken into account when reflecting on and studying the self-styled ICT networks for development in the Ecuadorian case. |
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