Canadian Business History Association – l'association Canadienne pour l'histoire des affaires
To Preserve, Present, and Engage/Préserver, présenter et engager
To Preserve, Present, and Engage/Préserver, présenter et engager
Interdependencies: From Local Microstories to Global Perspectives on the History of Technology
The concept of top-down transfer of technology has been challenged by Arnold Pacey and Francesca Bray (1990). Instead, they proposed the concept of ‘technological dialogue’ to bring attention to the process of modification of technologies in local contexts. We would like to go a step further and suggest the term ‘interdependencies’ to describe the reciprocal character of relations in which technology plays an important role.
The 2023 ICOHTEC annual conference invites scholars to reflect on the complex, mutual relations between technology and the environment, culture, and politics, as well as the ways in which they are entangled at the local, regional, transnational, and global levels.