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1、MeaninginTechnologyMeaninginTechnologyArnoldPaceyTheMITPressCambridge,MassachusettsLondon,England©1999ArnoldPaceyAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformbyanyelectronicormechanicalmeans(includingphotocopying,recording,orinforma-tionstorageandretrieval)without
2、permissioninwritingfromthepublisher.ThisbookwassetinSabonbyWellingtonGraphics.PrintedandboundintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataPacey,Arnold.Meaningintechnology/ArnoldPacey.p.cm.Includesbiliographicalreferences.ISBN0-262-16182-6(hc:alk.pap
3、er)1.Technology—Philosophy.2.Technology—Socialaspects.I.Title.T14.P281999601—dc2198-49287CIPContentsAcknowledgmentsviiIntroduction:DimensionsofExperience1IThePractitioner’sExperience:VisualandMusicalFundamentals1Music,SourceofTechnology?172VisualThinking393MeaningintheHands594
4、SocialMeanings77IIContextsofTechnology:Nature,People,andConºict5TheSenseofPlace1036Exploration,Invention,andtheRemakingofNature1237GenderandCreativity1478KnowledgePregnantwithEvil171IIIConclusion:TheMissedOpportunity?9People-CenteredTechnology201Notes223Index255Acknowledgments
5、AcriticalproblemadmittedbyFrederickTurner,inhissplendidlystimu-latingbook,BeyondGeography(1980;newedition1992),was“howtowriteonasubjectwhosescopewasfarbeyondmycompetence.”Soithasbeenwithme,andhencethesincerityofmythankstoawidevarietyoffriendsandcolleagues—especiallythosewhohav
6、egivenmetheconªdencetocarryon,throughmanyrewritings.Itisalsothecasethatmyreadingdoesnotusuallyrangeaswidelyasappearshere,andIamespeciallyindebtedtoªvepeoplewhosegiftsofbooksandsuppliesofcitations,offprints,andphotocopieshavewidenedanddeepenedmythinking,namelyPennyWilliamsofTor
7、onto,CaroleBrookeofLincoln,GregoryMcIsaacoftheUniversityofIllinois,mybrotherPhilipPacey,andJerryRavetz.IalsooweaspecialdebttoMaggieHorsman,whorunsthetinyvillagelibraryinAddingham,forobtainingmanyofthemoreobscurebookscited.Inaddition,PhilGatesprovidedaphotocopyneededforalast-mi
8、nuteaddition,andtheBBCsuppliedthetranscriptofaradioprogramquo