Dear Ana, For anthropological perspectives on technology and possible definitions, see e.g. Adams, R. McC. (1996). Paths of fire: An anthropologist's inquiry into western technology. Princeton: Princeton University Press. de la Cadena, M. et al. (2015). Anthropology and STS: Generative interfaces, multiple locations. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 5(1), 437-475. https://doi.org/10.14318/hau5.1.020 Escobar, A. (1995). Anthropology and the future: New technologies and the reinvention of culture. Futures, 27(4), 409-421. Fischer, M. J. (2007). Four genealogies for a recombinant anthropology of science and technology. Cultural Anthropology, 22(4), 539-615. Gell, Alfred (1988). Technology and magic. Anthropology Today 4(2), 6-9. Hess, D. J., & Layne, L. (Eds.). (1992). Knowledge and society. Volume 9, The anthropology of science and technology. London: JAI Press. Ingold, T. (1997). Eight themes in the anthropology of technology. Social Analysis, 41(1), 106-138. Latour, B. (2014). Technical does not mean material. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 4(1), 507-510. https://doi.org/10.14318/hau4.1.033 Pfaffenberger, B. (1988). Fetishised objects and humanised nature: Towards an anthropology of technology. Man, 23(2), 236-252. Pfaffenberger, B. (1992). Social anthropology of technology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 21, 491-516. Sigaut, F. (1997). Technology. In T. Ingold (Ed.), Companion encyclopedia of anthropology: Humanity, culture and social life. London: Routledge. All the best, Philipp Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 20:23:06 -0400 From: Ana Visan<ana.m.visan@gmail.com> To:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Definition of technology? Message-ID: <CAFU4RtoquJWceRNGm=PbchLT5Vhs8QYM5R55jPi6ky94g892ZQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear AoIRs, I am a migration and border studies scholar researching how technologies (from mobile phones to drones to databases) affect migration journeys. I am not familiar with STS scholarship and I was hoping you could help by pointing me to some (seminal?) works that might help me formulate an all-encompassing definition of technology (or a theoretical approach to it), beyond ICTs?i.e. one that includes biometrics, information exchange databases, but also material objects like drones, and/or one that addresses both technology ?used by? as well as technology ?used on.? Many thanks in advance, Ana -- Philipp Budka http://www.philbu.net http://twitter.com/philbu