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

II. Perspectives
terms: How we
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the intended uses of
confuse
this 11-minute animated video about the
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between the internet and active
relationship
does technology participate in the
How
of knowledge, from the pursuit and
processes
of knowledge, to the sharing of and
production
to knowledge? This section considers
access
the tools we use present both opportunities
how
challenges for what it means to be
and
people who access Wikipedia daily may
Even
unaware of its mission statement: “Imagine
be
world in which every single person on the
a
is given free access to the sum of all
planet
knowledge.” The Wikipedia project also
human
outspoken critics, who describe its impact
has
much harsher words. Figure 3.6 shows the
in
Monument in the Polish town of
Wikipedia
is] the greatest project co-created by
[Wikipedia
regardless of political, religious or cultural
people
… with Wikipedia as one of its pillars the
borders
society will be able to contribute to the
knowledge
development of our civilization, social
sustainable
and peace among nations.
justice
3III. Methods and tools
For discussion
Intended and actual uses of technology
technology aeon
citizenship, and consider the following questions.
Given evidence that the internet can both
1.
and suppress freedom, what
promote
can we reach about the role of
conclusion
in citizenship?
technology
If your answer to question 1 is that “it
2.
and technology can be a tool for
depends”
good and ill, say more about what it
both
on and which factors affect the
depends
actual uses of technology.
Are the producers of technological tools
3.
accountable for the intended use of
only
products, or also for the actual use?
their
this question, for example, in the
Consider
of personalized advertising and
context
microtargeting in the Facebook-
political
Cambridge Analytica scandal.
I I I . M E T H O D S A N D T O O LS
knowledgeable in a technological culture.
III.1 The sum of all human knowledge
Słubice. Its inscription reads, in part:
Figure 3.6 The Wikipedia Monument in the Polish town of
Słubice, unveiled in 2014
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