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The Sociology of Everything Podcast

Donald MacKenzie & Judy Wajcman's Social Shaping of Technology (ft. Judy Wajcman)

September 1, 2025·1h 2m
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In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss celebrate their podcast reaching a quarter million downloads by spotlighting a work that has significantly developed the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS): Donald Mackenzie and Judy Wajcman’s influential introductory chapter in their anthology on The Social Shaping of Technology, first published in 1985, and later updated in 1999. This text develops an oft cited critique of technological determinism, which posits that technology is an au...

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