Integrative Approaches to Technology and Society

This course (INF302H1 — Integrative Approaches to Technology and Society) explores how society, culture, and understanding of the human condition shape and are shaped by technological development. It focuses on the study of interdependent and institutionalized systems of law, economics, culture and technology, exploring the conditions of stability and instability in these systems. We will survey the available theories and methods for understanding large scale socio-technological systems.