HMED 3075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anthropomorphism, Genetic Testing, Alterity
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Corresponding reading: chapter 2 from devices and desires: object lessons by margarete. Sandelowski"s definition: an object becomes a technological object largely by virtue of being made, refashioned, or used to perform an activity for some purpose. (pg. 24: ex. the different ways a rocking chair is used. Just an object but can be applied to therapeutic activities to make it into a technology. The user context of technology: how does the user determine the use and meaning of the technology: ex. Ultrasound has different meaning depending on who is using it. Physician uses it to identify fetal defects, but when the parents see the ultrasound they are forming a connection to their future child: the user can affect the design and function of the technology. Ex. genetic testing controversial: these objects have a seemingly magnetic pull of the devices (pg 30).
