RE: [xmca] technological tools & foreign cultures

twhitson@udel.edu

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In the context of accountability via high-stakes testing, I have found the
understanding of "technology" to be a very interesting problem.
I discuss this briefly in 
"Education à la Silhouette: The need for semiotically-informed curriculum
consciousness" which is at
http://www.udel.edu/soe/whitson/files/Whitson_Semiotica.pdf
On 2/8/06, basile zimmermann <Basile.Zimmermann@lettres.unige.ch> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if someone on the list could help me find information
> on "affordances or cultural constraints 'inside' technological tools,
> based on history and design".
>
> Things like when an ASCII keyboard is based on the latin alphabet,
> which is inconvenient for writing in Chinese, the issue of 'corrupted'
> French (and other foreign languages) accents in e-mails*, or the fact
> that websites names can only be written in plain English etc.
>
> Any help really appreciated (I am looking for more
> references/comparisons for my thesis) --thanks very much in advance,
>
> Basile
>
> *I actually wrote myself a very short "first-try" article (5 pages) on
> these issues about a year ago. If someone wants to have a look email me
> privately and I'll be very glad to send a copy.
>
>
> --
>
> Basile Zimmermann
> Teaching assistant
>
> Unit of Chinese Studies
> Faculty of Arts
> University of Geneva
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