Tecnopólis: a vida pública dos artefactos tecnológicos

Peter-Paul Verbeek*

A tecnologia e a vida pública estão interligadas de muitas maneiras. No entanto, muitas abordagens encaram-nas como entidades separadas, analisando as tecnologias ou como meios neutros na realização de fins humanos ou como fontes de alienação que ameaçam a existência humana. Contra isto, o conceito de mediação tecnológica pode ser usado para revelar a forma como as tecnologias contribuem activamente para moldar as acções e experiências dos homens.

Palavras-chave: Mediação tecnológica, tecnologia, comportamento humano, vida quotidiana

Technopolis: la vie publique des artefacts techologiques

La technologie et la vie publique sont interconnectées par bien des façons. Toutefois, maintes approches les envisagent comme des entités séparées et analysent les technologies, soit comme des moyens neutres pour les aboutissements humains, soit comme des sources d’aliénation qui menacent l’existence humaine. Par contre, le concept de médiation technologique peut être utilisé pour révéler la manière dont les technologies aident activement à façonner les actions et les expériences des hommes.

Technopolis: the public life of technological artefacts

Technology and public life are interwoven in many ways. Yet, many approaches treat them as separate entities, by analyzing technologies either as neutral means for realizing human ends, or as sources of alienation threatening human existence. Against this, the notion of technological mediation can be used to reveal how technologies actively help to shape human practices and experiences. Public life, then, is not only a result of human action, but also of architecture and road infrastructure. In Technopolis, technologies have a public life as much as humans do.

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* Universidade de Twente, Holanda.