"Do artifacts have politics?" Discuss Langdon Winner’s question and give some examples. Iva N. Ivanova ivai@ifi.uio.no First semester at UiO Word count: 2103 Introduction The objective of this paper is to discuss Langdon Winners theory on the politics of technology. In his book "The Whale and the Reactor" Langdon Winner asks the question "Do artifacts have politics?". That question has provoked many to look for different dimensions of technology. Winner argues
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January 20‚ 2013 Should Teachers Have the Authority to Remove Disruptive Students from Their Class Permanently? Should Teachers Have the Authority to Remove Disruptive Students from Their Class Permanently? Tiffany Sahadeo University of Phoenix Teacher should have the authority to remove disruptive students from the classroom because the learning environment may have the potential to become disrupted and not effective. Having a disruptive student present in the classroom
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Nutrition & Diet: Issues for People who have Learning Disabilities The aim of this learning contract is to enhance my knowledge on the importance of a well balanced‚ varied and healthy diet among the people with whom I work. I will look at addressing what constitutes a good diet‚ which nutrients are important to us in terms of promoting health and wellbeing and specific issues‚ which may be associated with people who have learning disabilities. I will then hopefully come to some conclusions
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Is it necessary to challenge authority? Without question‚ it is vital to challenge the ideas and decisions of people in positions of authority. If one does not question authority‚ the people of the so called “no in positions of authority” would become mindless slaves to tyrants and despots. World history‚ literature‚ and American History all exemplify the necessity of questioning authority. During ancient Greece in the 200 BCE’s‚ modern logical thinking began to see its birth. The man known for
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4807 otherwise known as the Protection Against Personal Intrusion Act. The bill’s avowed aim‚ to “curb acts of trespassing and other intrusions on personal privacy committed by any person in order to capture visual or sound impressions of an individual‚ with intent to gain or profit‚” is overly broad as are the provisions that list the ways by which violations may be committed. While this is good news for people with paparazzi problems‚ it ’s a big‚ questionable burden for journalists who want the mass media
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In the Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf there are different ladies with different colors. Every lady and every color is very significant to this book. This text by Shange is full of symbols; each lady can be described differently. I believe each lady can be identified with a more specific description or feeling throughout the different poems that can be related to their color for example: passion for red‚ sadness for blue‚ fun for orange and
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liposculpture Melbourne to removed localised fat deposits that have failed to respond to diet and exercise modification. The procedure helps to slim and shape specific areas of the body by removing these deposits and‚ as a result‚ the contours and proportion of the body improve. "Very few things are as frustrating as continuing to diet and exercise only to find certain areas of the body remain resistant to change. This can lead to
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Authority Authority‚ power and legitimacy are perceived as fundamental elements of contemporary society for the sole reason that these are the defining features of a culture with political and social organisations and hierarchies. The term ‘authority’ is commonly misused by academics as a synonym for ‘power’ or ‘legitimacy’ which has led to confusion regarding the entire concept of authority. Authority is generally defined as a person (or group of people) who has the power or right to give orders
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disenfranchise an entire group of citizens in a democratic society is to violate the very principles of democracy. Because the right to vote is so essential to the preservation of a democratic society‚ felons ought to retain the right to vote. Felons are denied their right to just representation when they are disenfranchised. The right to vote is a natural right for all naturalized citizens in a democratic society. Felons are no exception. Although felons have broken the rule with society
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AUTHORITY – Authority is that power which is exercised legitimately. All powers cannot be legitimate. Authority and legitimacy both depend on values‚ beliefs and attitude of the masses. Example of Authority: A robber who forces bank manager to handover cash on a gunpoint is not exercising “authority”. But when a police officer is controlling traffic and can use the threat of a fine or jail sentence‚ he is exercising authority. It is an investment in a legitimate form of power‚ it is profitable
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