Topic > Technology and Cultures - 873

Modern society involves the transition towards a new era: the transition is partly highlighted through the use of cultural tradition, and through the production of new ideas and the invention of new techniques. The latter can be appropriated and adapted from outside a given culture in addition to what can be acquired from within the culture itself through the exercise of academic, evaluative, and adaptive capacities. A sustained interest in science is important for at least two reasons. It would provide a stable basis for real technological evolution at a time in world history when the dynamic connections between science and technology have been recognized and underpinned by equal attention to both: technology has become science-based, while science has become technology-oriented. The second reason, compared to the first, is that the application of science to technology will help improve traditional technologies. Ideally, technology, as a cultural product, should originate from the culture of a people if it is to be accessible to a wider audience. large part of the population. For this reason, one approach to creating modern technology in Africa, as elsewhere, is to improve existing traditional technologies whose development appears to have been underdeveloped in the traditional context due to their very weak scientific basis. Traditional technologies have some characteristics that need to be highlighted in the approach to the development of modern technology in Africa. Traditional technologies are usually simple technologies, not highly specialized: this means that a large number of people can participate in the use of technologies, as well as contribute to their development; but also promotes local technological awareness. The... center of the card... can be resolved; however, if we assume that there will be original technological capabilities, regardless of the minimal type, they should then be cultivated, developed and increased to the level of sophistication required to make a modern technology work. The assumptions also assume that the transferred technology, developed in a specific cultural environment that is in many respects different from that of a developing country, is easily adaptable to the social and cultural environment of the developing country (Etzioni Amitai.1993) .Works CitedDalfovo AT, et al. The foundations of social life: Ugandan philosophical studies. vol. 1. Washington, DC: Council for Research on Values ​​and Philosophy, 1992.Etzioni Amitai. The community spirit. The reinvention of American society. New York: Simon and Schuster, a Touchstone book, 1993.