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  286. <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Sustainable technology: Beyond fix and fixation</h1>
  287. <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Davison, Aidan</span> (2004) <xhtml:em>Sustainable technology: Beyond fix and fixation.</xhtml:em> In: Controversies in Environmental Sociology. . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge &amp; Melbourne, 132. ISBN 0 521 60102 9</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2540' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2018/1/Sustainable_Technology_Beyond_Fix_and_Fixation.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2540' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2540"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2018/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2018/1/Sustainable_Technology_Beyond_Fix_and_Fixation.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />1023Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.cambridge.org">http://www.cambridge.org</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This chapter introduces social theory of technology. After outlining the limitations of the two most common explanations of technology - technology as tools or tyrants - the chapter explores the benefits of analysing technology as social practice.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Book Chapter</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">ecoefficiency, environmentalism, instrumentalism, technological determinism, sustainability, </td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/370101.html">370000 Studies in Human Society &gt; 370100 Sociology &gt; 370101 Social Theory</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/370402.html">370000 Studies in Human Society &gt; 370400 Human Geography &gt; 370402 Social and Cultural Geography</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/370602.html">370000 Studies in Human Society &gt; 370600 History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine &gt; 370602 Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2018</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Aidan Davison</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">29 Oct 2007 09:32</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2018;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=2018">item control page</a></p>
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