The Social Construction of Imported Technologies: Reflections on the Social History of Technology in Modern Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 905-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyungsub Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social History ◽  
History Of Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Art and its Objects: William Ivins and the Reproduction of Art

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 65-98
Author(s):  
Gordon Fyfe
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social History ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Fine Art ◽  
Modes Of Representation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Photographic Reproduction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Reproduction ◽  
The Relationship

This paper is a critique of the contribution of William Ivins's Prints and Visual Communication (1953) to an understanding of the meaning of fine art reproductions. Ivins showed that photographic reproduction was constructed in relation to, and displaced, older ways of reproducing art which were carried out by handicraft engravers. His analysis alerts us to the fact that ambiguity characterized art reproduction before photographs. Art reproductions, then, were interpretations in line based on conventional modes of representation – what Ivins calls a visual syntax. In this respect he enhances our understanding of the social construction of the artist. For Ivins the social history of reproduction seems to end with the camera. This completed an individuation of creativity ushered in with the Renaissance, but which was always qualified by the interfering visual syntax of craftsmen-interpreters. It is argued that the value of Ivins's account resides in its reconstruction of the relationship between handicraft engraving, fine art reproduction and aesthetic objects that have long since slipped from our consciousness.

scholarly journals Of Modernity and Public Sociology: Reflections on a Career So Far

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Claude S. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Public Sociology ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
History Of Technology ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

My research so far has followed an interest in the classic concern about the social consequences of modernization, which led me to study urbanism, personal networks, the history of technology, and most extensively, American social history. A commitment to public sociology led me to a book on inequality, Contexts magazine, contributions to general media, a blog, and badgering sociologists about their writing. Some consistent themes include trying to address big questions with middle-range empirical work, focusing on ordinary lives and living, insisting on rigorous evidence whatever the method, and communicating with as wide an audience as lucidly as possible. The article closes with a few lessons learned.

The Social Construction of Disability: The Impact of Statistics and Technology

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Shogan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social History ◽  
English Language ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Construction Of Disability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Construction Of Disability

This paper aims to foster a discussion about the social construction of disability within adapted physical activity. Social construction of disability refers to the social history of disability and the social contexts that both enable and disable individuals who negotiate these contexts. Statistics and technology are introduced in this paper to illustrate that “the normal,” “the abnormal,” “the natural,” “the unnatural,” “ability,” and “disability” have emerged historically and to demonstrate that these concepts are implicated in social contexts. Work in the history of statistics is drawn upon to establish that the normal is a fairly recent notion in the English language. It is argued that statistics, as a normalization discourse, sustain artificial demarcations between ability and disability and the normal and abnormal when used by researchers and practitioners. To expose assumptions about natural ability, technological-assisted performance for participants with or without disabilities in physical activity and sport are addressed.

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