Integrating Social Justice and Political Engagement into Engineering
| Autor: | Skye Niles, Shawhin Roudbari, Santina Contreras |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sociotechnical system
020209 energy Field (Bourdieu) 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 02 engineering and technology Cognitive reframing Politics Order (exchange) Dualism 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Meritocracy 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Engineering ethics Sociology Disengagement theory |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace. 7:57-69 |
| ISSN: | 1927-9434 |
| Popis: | Many engineering activists have emphasized the need to reframe engineering as a sociotechnical field in order to expand engineers' contributions to social justice and peace. Yet, reframing engineering as sociotechnical does not always lead to critical engagement with social justice. We provide several examples of how “social” aspects have been brought into engineering in a depoliticized manner that limits engagement with political and social justice goals. We link these examples to Cech’s three pillars of the “culture of disengagement” in engineering: social/technical dualisms, meritocracy, and depoliticization. We argue that reframing engineering as sociotechnical addresses the first pillar, the social/technical dualism, but does not necessarily include the second and third pillars. We propose that all three pillars can be addressed through integrating explicit attention to political engagement and social justice in efforts to reframe engineering as a sociotechnical field. Doing so can increase engineers’ capacity to contribute to social justice and peace. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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