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| The idea of culture is a broad term with multiple lenses which can be applied when studying a particular piece of technology. Pursell focuses is on the culture of the society that develops around technology, “with a sensitivity to cultural dimensions in the stories they tall.” Pursell, p. 5. (Laura Downs) | The idea of culture is a broad term with multiple lenses which can be applied when studying a particular piece of technology. Pursell focuses is on the culture of the society that develops around technology, “with a sensitivity to cultural dimensions in the stories they tall.” Pursell, p. 5. (Laura Downs) | ||
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| + | Culture as I feel it described by Purell is an centralized ideology revolving around technology. The differences in culture between various culture groups is due to the different needs each group has. For example, native people who dwell in mountains have different cultural needs than say native people who live on plains land. This divivdes the cultures unless there is a technological tie that binds them in some way. -Thomas Lanier | ||
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