Caribbean Studies

According to the Oxford dictionary technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry (mass noun) and is also the machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge (count noun). The evolvement of technology has influenced culture in many ways however; culture and technology are in a constantly expanding loop. The greatest changes in human culture are almost always the result of a technological innovation. However, a technology capable of a cultural shift can only have come from the culture itself. Without the culture's choice to refine the technology, the practical applications would have been left as only fleeting ideas; technology will only be developed if the culture has some immediate and apparent use for it. As culture will develop a technology based on its inherent valence towards a particular application. Many elements of our culture such as music, wear and the preparation of food have been vastly influenced by the technologies of today. Our national instrument in Trinidad and Tobago the steel pan was originally made from steel drums. Due to technology there has been an invention of the Gpan which covers the entire range of existing steel pan history. Since more persons are exposed to the internet and would therefore be exposed to YouTube, which showcases international music, many persons have forgotten their local music calypso and soca. Disc jokies have evolved from using big discs to cassettes to CDs and to now flash drives. The way in which men and women dress has also evolved with technology. Women of Indian descent never exposed any parts of their body but in today’s world many of them aren’t wearing their hijabs. People on a whole are dressing like the celebrities they see on either the televisions or internet. Many of them are abandoning their own cultural wear for “fashion”. The preparation of food has also changed a lot with technology. Wood fires or fire crackers were originally