Extracts from A. Murphy and J. Potts (2002), Culture and Technology (Palgrave MacMillan)
What is technology? The current range of meanings of the word ‘technology’ arose in the modern era. ‘Technology’was used sparingly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centurires, referring to a study of the arts. Tehcnology is not a natural object but one made by humans.
What is technique? Technique is the use of skill to accomplish something.
What is culture? Culture is a notoriously difficult word to define. Culture is multiple (precision is not a characteristic of culture – it is hard to define)
