Sociology, Technology and Society

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Basic notions in sociology of technology; Social production, diffusion, and appropriation of new technologies; Social and organisational impacts of new technologies implemented in enterprises; Social impacts of new technologies used in daily life out of work; Social impacts of large-scale technological projects; Social oppositions to technological change; Introduction to the concept of sustainable development and the approaches for achieving it; Relationships with economic, social, and technological development; Sociological perspectives on alternative sources of energy;.