Contents
List of figures
Foreword, by John D. Speth
Preface
Introduction
The What and Why of an Anthropology of Technological Systems
Classical Anthropological Approaches to Technology
Economic Anthropology and Technological Systems: A One-Sided Approach
A Complementary Approach
Operational Sequences: The Basic Data
What and How to Classify
Social Representation of Technologies Among the Anga
A Glance at Airplanes: Arbitrary Choices in So-Called High-Tech Society
Technological Traits as Signs
Style and Function
Style Without Function?
Technology and Information
Excesses of the Cambridge School
Back to the Anga Case
Notes
References Cited