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History and Technology in an Age of "Grand Challenges": Raising Questions (January 2020)

Technology and Culture
Volume: 61
Issue: 1
Pages: 260-271

DOI: 10.1353/tech.2020.0000

URI: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/752928

Publication Date: January 2020
Journal Abbreviation: T&C
Edition Details: Series: Forum about history and technology in an age of “grand challenges.”
Language: English

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Technology and society History of technology, as a discipline Essays Transnational history Tensions of Europe 21st century

This essay introduces the forum about history and technology in an age of “grand challenges.” First, it sketches present-day political and engineering debates on technology’s role in solving or causing “grand societal challenges,” which allegedly threaten humanity and the environment. This raises the question if, why, and how historians of technology can and should engage with these intellectually tricky and politically charged debates. The essay then presents the initiative of the Tensions of Europe network to develop transnational research groups and research agendas exploring this question, and introduces the five research agendas published in this forum. Finally, it raises five overall “grand challenges” to the field: How can we trace the histories of technology and grand societal challenges across temporal, spatial, sectoral, methodological, and political divides?

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Article Ute Hasenöhrl; Jan-Henrik Meyer (January 2020) The Energy Challenge in Historical Perspective. Technology and Culture (pp. 295-306). unapi

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