The Cultural Aspects of Science and Technology
The Cultural Aspects of Science and Technology
The Cultural Aspects of Science and Technology
It is a
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY comprehension of natural laws, while technology is
the application of scientific knowledge in creating
Science in history products or tools that improves lives. Culture
provides the social platform and shared values that
History of science bring and keep people together.
The history of science is the study of development In short, art is often introspective while science is
of science and scientific knowledge both natural extrospective. You might say that art is used to
and social sciences. understand the consciousness while science is used
to understand the external reality.
Ancient times
ETHNOSCIENCE
The history of science in early cultures refers to the
study of protoscience in ancient history, prior to the Began in 1950s
development of science in Middle Ages.
“Ethno” from the Greek Ethnos meaning “culture”.
Knowledge was passed from generation from
generation. “Science” is the knowledge about or study of the
natural world based on facts learned through
The development of writing enabled to store the experiments and observation.
knowledge to communicate across generation.
Ethnoscience helps to understand how people
Middle age develop with different forms of knowledge and
beliefs, and focuses on the ecological and historical
catapult
contributions people have been given. (Atran, 1991)
Modern era
TWO KINDS OF FIELD RESEARCH
With the scientific revolution, paradigms
Kenneth Lee Pike
established in the time of Classical antiquity were
replaced with those of scientist like Nicolaus (1912-2000)
Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton
An American Linguist and Anthropologist in 1954.
During 19th century, the practice of science became
professionalized and institutionalized in ways that The originator of Etic and Emic Approach.
continued through the 20th century. As the role of
scientific knowledge grew in society, it became
incorporated with many aspects of the functioning
of nations-states.
Techno-science
Culture as influence by technology, especially
computer technology and the internet.
Mobile phones
SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND
How does technology affects our culture?
POLICIES
TECHNOLOGY and CULTURE directly
influence each other. As CULTURES change PHILIPPINES: Importance and
does the TECHNOLOGY INNOVATES. Priorities
DEVELOPMENT
-The process of developing or being developed.