17. Black box, a term proposed by Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar, understands sc

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17. Black box, a term proposed by Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar, understands science as: (p. 124) a) hybrids between facts and science. b) outwardly logically defined, but actually compiled over time as a result of many debates. c) phenomenological recipes. d) paradigm shifts. 18. Latour sees our understandings of the world as factishes as: (p. 129) a) hybrids between facts and beliefs. b) the essential act of fabrication c) the simultaneous creation of knowledge and actor networks d) all of the above. 19. According to the text, which of the following exemplifies the concerns of the "black box of technology"? (p. 124) a) The Fukushima-Daiichi disaster b) The California drought c) The moral peril of feedlots d) The reliance of convenience on automobiles 20. Which of the following statements best elaborates on the key idea that "technology is not imperative"? (p. 130) a) Technology and the science behind it are often presented to us as final, inevitable, unchangeable structures b) We do have control over technology even as it has control over us. c) Human decisions are behind which technologies to build and scientific questions to ask, and which not. d) All of the above.

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Ans 17 B) Outwardly logically defined , but actually compiled over time as a result of many debates.

According to Latour and woolgar , the technology becomes invisible by the fruits of its own success . This means , if the machine is running good , every one will be focussing on its input and output , nobody focusses on its internal complexity.

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