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Technologies: love or hate them?

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Messy Realities - the Secret Life of Technology
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The context of the Pitt Rivers Museum stimulates discussion about human-technology relations.
Gemma Hughes asks Dr Laura van Broekhoven, Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, about the unique nature of the Museum. Dr Sara Shaw describes the differences between Utopian discourses of technology and the ways in which people relate to technology in everyday life, and Dr Joe Wherton talks about his research into the use of GPS tracking devices by people with dementia.

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Series
Messy Realities - the Secret Life of Technology
People
Gemma Hughes
Joe Wherton
Laura van Broekhoven
Sara Shaw
Keywords
human technology relations
museums
amulets
Cognitive Anthropology
Department: Pitt Rivers Museum
Date Added: 12/11/2019
Duration: 00:07:16

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