determ!n!zm the reduct!ve assumpt!on that
☆
Technolog!cal "s a
technology determ!ne the develop ment of "ts Soc"al
Soc!ety 's
Structure and cultural values .
↳ th"s s"nce the
In th"s course we do not use Concept
top!c "s
way more Complex .
Modern Modern Per!od
Early vs
☆ Per!od!zat!on
Early Modern Per!od Modern!ty
☆ Colon!al!sm ☆ Cap!tal!sm
☆ Reformat!on ☆ secular!zat!on
☆ exper!mental sc"ence ☆ "ndustr"al "tat"on
☆ mercant!l!sm * urban"zat"on
*
modern nat"on
-
states
D!d networks ex"st before the early modern per!od ?
Yes , for S"lk Road & Roman roads
example : .
D!d networks ex"st dur!ng the
early modern per!od ?
Yes for example : Postal routes "n 15638 transatlant"c Slave routes
,
, Industr!al "sat"on
sh"ft from to !ndustr!al Soc!ety
•
agrar!an
sh"ft "n energy sources :
•
•
!mportant
and
wood.w!nd.waterenergy-!ron.ua steam power
•
Strong "ncrease of product!v!ty , heavy env"ronmental !mpact
Two Waves of Industr!al"sat"on
F!rst wave Secord wave
canals telephone
later w"reless
postal netuorks :
ra!lroads urban trans"c systems
telegraph
Transport Infrastructure : Tra!ns
•
people started
pe!ıe!v!ng the"r Surround!ngs d!fferent
ly w"th
1- ra"ns
•
befo!etra!ns.onlywealthypeopletraveledfar.tv these people ;
of the surround!ng
travel!ng was a full
sensory exper!ence
landscape and travel!ng was
"
"ntense
"
,Modern Consc"ousness of Space
•
Ra!lways sort of !gnored the natural landscape s"nce
they
that would allow tra"n to
are bu"lt "n a
Snape goon ,
they cut
through the landscape .
•
Ra!lways enabled h!gher travels peeds exper!enced as
"
be!ng through
"
shot space .
The modern Concept of Space . . .
"
stands landscape
"
→ "n contrast to a More natural
→ rel"es on
stra!ght ,
flat l"mes between po!nts
a"ms at of ( human of
→
Mastery expans!ve Space master!ng
nature )
expans!on and
of
→ both an a
Shr!nk!ng Our exper!ence of
Space
D!fferent Uses of Ra!lroads Back Then
☆ West Afr!ca : ra"lroads
supported Colon"a projects
☆ Nürth Amer"ca : supported genoc!de
•
Panoram!c V"ew : The loses depth and becomes
!mage v"ew "ts
flat the Immed"ate be
, env"ronment cannot
grasped → results "n
reorgan!zat!on of sensory exper!ence
,Modern Consc"ousness of T"ne
D"fferent local tımes a
problem : new !nfrastructure s
•
pose
requ!re coord!nat!on
↳ Solut"on : Synchron!zat!on of t"me across countr"es and later
t"me 2- Ones
Soc"et"es also share the same Clock t"me
Grow!ng
•
now
↳ of punclval!ty & t"me managment
new
!mportance
•
Modern t"me "s l"near , d"v"s"ble , synchron!zed.coord!nated.la st
"
Modern
"
•
Charl"e Chapl!n 's T"mes Cl!p : l"near sequence of events
leads d"v"s"ble where
to processes workers are synchron!sed and
coord!nat @ d. They Work fast to "ncrease
eff!c!ency .
Modern Commun!cators Med!a
•
Telecommun!cat!ons have 3 d!st!nct!ve elements from Other
Commun"cator Over d!stance :
1)
(2)
message transm"ss"on po!nt.to po!nt -
send!ng message w"thout phys!cal transportat!on
3) "nteract.ve :
people / "nst"tut"ons can
reply to rece"ved
messages
↳
telegraph
, Telegraphy
• tele : at a d"stance , graph!en : to wr"te
d"sconnect S from
•
telegraph Commun"cator
transport
•
1790s :
developmental Opt!cal telegraph "n France
↳ weather -
dependent unrel"able and expens!ve
,
•
1830s : developmental electr"c telegraph "n UKNSA &
Germany
•
the same
techonology can
develop "nto
very d"fferent med"a
to Cultural
or Commun"cator systems accord!ng , econom"c , pol!t!cal
C"rcumstance s
Europe espec!ally UK Un!ted States
,
bus"ness
•
regulated by the State •
pr!vate
• !ncludes pr!vate !nd!v!duals •
( oncentrates on bus!ness
as Customers cl"ents
• "nvestors are
generally More •
generally Stronger "nvestment
caut"ous, slower developments "n research & "nnovat"on
•
establ!shes "nternat"onal •
focuses on rat"onal
Commun"cators network Commun"cator