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John Fenn's List: Media centers
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In brief, my argument is that the technological imagination needs to be actively cultivated. Too often, we leave the tending of this imagination to serendipity or superstition. We believe, erroneously I argue, that simply by providing access to technology (computers, mobile devices, games) young people will develop a robust technological imagination. And yet, as I elaborate elsewhere (Balsamo, forthcoming), a cultivated technological imagination requires more than just understanding how to use technology. It requires an appreciation for historical precedents and an ethical investment in the creation of our futures.
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an article on the notion of tinkering as a mode of knowledge production
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May 03, 10
The Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture is a unique interdisciplinary institute for research focussed on the impact of technological change on culture, politics and society. Linking together researchers in the Faculties of Social Science, Engineering, Humanities, Education, Fine Arts, Law, Indigenous Governance, and Human and Social Development, the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture provides a collaborative interdisciplinary site for advanced research on information technology, new media, and digital communication as well as for rethinking issues related to ethics and biotechnology. Supported by a networked computing platform and thematically organized by means of an annual research seminar on a key topic area in technology and culture, PACTAC sponsors research conferences, streamed seminars and new media publications. Simultaneously a global centre of intellectual exchange and an innovative and collaborative interdisciplinary site for researching the future of technology, the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture is situated in the Technology Enterprise Facility (TEF170) at the University of Victoria--Canada's University of the Future.
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