Technological Rationality in Five Coastal Communities of Newfoundland: Historical and Contemporary Challenges to Lifelong Learning

The introduction of information and communication technologies into five coastal sites in Newfoundland offers both promise and challenge to a people struggling in the wake of the collapse of their single resource, the cod fishery. Our study asks again Heidegger’s question about technology: in what m...

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Main Authors: Harris, Carol E., Clover, Darlene E.
Format: Text
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Published: New Prairie Press 2004
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Online Access:https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2004/papers/30
https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2788&context=aerc
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Summary:The introduction of information and communication technologies into five coastal sites in Newfoundland offers both promise and challenge to a people struggling in the wake of the collapse of their single resource, the cod fishery. Our study asks again Heidegger’s question about technology: in what manner does it affect one’s very way of Being?