Thursday, January 29, 2004

Cynthia Selfe: "In sum, as Bruno Latour (1996) notes, real-life stories always lack richness and accuracy when they are told from a single perspective, that of the technologist or that of the humanist. We require multiple perspectives if we hope to construct a robust and accurate understanding of the ways in which technology functions in our culture. Our profession's occasional respectful attention to technology and the social issues that surround technology may allow us to see things from a slightly different point of view, even if for only a moment in time. And from such a perspective, as Latour (1996) reminds us, our interpretations of issues 'take on added density' (p. viii)."

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