<p>(Formerly numbered Social Science 102.) Lecture, three and one half hours; discussion, one hour. Recommended requisite: course 122. Consideration of the ways in which data, data science, and datafication have developed. By foregrounding data as a central organizing theme in contemporary politics, economics, and knowledge-making, study prepares students to understand current phenomena by examining their historical precedent, methodological, and theoretical underpinnings. Drawing from multiple disciplines, exploration of topics such as the histories of data and datafication; the making of technological systems; science and technology as sources of social power and authority; race, gender, postcolonial, and intersectional approaches; regulatory and policy interventions; and public engagement with data and technology. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Digital Humanities

College of Letters and Science

DGT HUM 123 - Technology, Power, and Society

Technology, Power, and Society

Understand the relationships between tech industries and U.S. national security interests 

Analyze the global political and historical contexts for the development of computers and the Internet

Critically assess the role of U.S. interests within the context of global technology policy 

Understand foundational theories from Critical Data Studies + Science and Technology Studies 

Understand cultural and political histories of scientific and technological innovation 

Apply critical theory and frameworks to contemporary economic, political and technological issues

Effectively communicate complex ideas about diversity, power, and inequality through a chosen medium tailored to a broad audience

General Catalog

Technology, Power, and Society

DGT HUM 123

4 units