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'''Critical technical practice''' is [[critical theory]] based approach towards technological design proposed by [[Phil Agre]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bowker|first=Geoffrey|url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/549261|title=Social Science, Technical Systems and Cooperative Work: Beyond The Great Divide|last2=Star|first2=Susan Leigh|last3=Turner|first3=William|last4=Gasser|first4=Les|date=1997|publisher=L. Erlbaum Associates Inc.|isbn=978-0-8058-2403-2|location=USA|doi=10.5555/549261}}</ref> where [[critical theory|critical]] and [[cultural studies|cultural]] theories are brought to bear in the work of designers and [[engineer]]s. One of the goals of critical technical practice is to increase awareness and critical reflection on the hidden assumptions, ideologies and values underlying technology design.
'''Critical technical practice''' is [[critical theory]] based approach towards technological design proposed by [[Phil Agre]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bowker|first=Geoffrey|url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/549261|title=Social Science, Technical Systems and Cooperative Work: Beyond The Great Divide|first=Phil|last=Agre|date=1997|publisher=L. Erlbaum Associates Inc.|isbn=978-0-8058-2403-2|location=USA|doi=10.5555/549261|chapter=Toward a Critical Technical Practice:
Lessons Learned in Trying to Reform AI}}</ref> where [[critical theory|critical]] and [[cultural studies|cultural]] theories are brought to bear in the work of designers and [[engineer]]s. One of the goals of critical technical practice is to increase awareness and critical reflection on the hidden assumptions, ideologies and values underlying technology design.


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Critical technical practice is critical theory based approach towards technological design proposed by Phil Agre[1] where critical and cultural theories are brought to bear in the work of designers and engineers. One of the goals of critical technical practice is to increase awareness and critical reflection on the hidden assumptions, ideologies and values underlying technology design.

References

  1. ^ Agre, Phil (1997). "Toward a Critical Technical Practice: Lessons Learned in Trying to Reform AI". Social Science, Technical Systems and Cooperative Work: Beyond The Great Divide. USA: L. Erlbaum Associates Inc. doi:10.5555/549261. ISBN 978-0-8058-2403-2. {{cite book}}: Check |doi= value (help); line feed character in |chapter= at position 38 (help)

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