Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

I. Scope
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Submarine
Telegeography
When we bring into view the material basis
1.
our invisible digital connectedness,
for
2. What do you wonder about?
what it means for the current global
Consider
of digital information to overlap with the
flows
outlines of empires. This overlap serves
former
a hint that questions of digital equity and
as
justice will be important throughout this
digital
Depending on where you are in the
chapter.
there are differences in how much digital
world,
you can move, with what speed
information
at what cost. This has implications beyond
and
we canstream Netflix in HD; it fuels
where
information asymmetries and inequities,
global
which the downstream effects for knowledge
of
terms: James Bridle
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infrastructure
imperialism
the claims made by Bridle in the
Consider
about how technological infrastructure
video
both affecting flows of knowledge today
is
making historical power relations visible.
and
thesis is that technology is extending the
His
and inequities of the past into the
symmetries
1. To what extent do you agree?
2. How might this be happening?
3. What may be the effects of this on
you want to better understand some of the
If
of the submarine cable systems,
implications
the link to an FAQ section that explores
follow
owns and who uses these cables. Consider
who
Why are there many cables between some
3.
but no cables between Australia
continents
technological developments are
While
entangled in specific histories,
inescapably
are also changing our relationship with
they
and power today. Our capacity to
knowledge
technologies towards human ends does not
steer
keep up with the pace of technological
always
Questioning the values that
development.
technological systems can be difficult
underpin
they are buried under miles of code, or
when
they are so commonplace that they remain
when
as historically marginalized communities
Yet,
increasingly impacted by new technologies,
are
is necessary to scrutinize the values and
it
prejudices inherent in our technologies.
possible
there is also the question of the ecological
Then
With new energy-intensive technologies
impact.
as blockchain having a significant energy
such
resource footprint, the question of who bears
and
costs and who gains the benefits is urgent.
the
is part of a larger question concerning the
This
between nature and technology.
relationship
you read on, remember to consider how the
As
of nature and technology intersect and
scopes
we know about this intersection between
what
in technology are often seen
Advances
downstream applications of scientific
as
3
For ref lection
Invisible digital connections
cables faqs
important questions such as the following.
what do you notice?
and South America, for instance?
hidden in plain sight.
are of interest to us in TOK.
For discussion
Present-day empires of infrastructure
Youtube
the living world and the machine world.
I.2 Is there more to technology than the
present day.
application of scientific knowledge?
breakthroughs. Much investment into
knowledge?
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