Annotated Bibliography

Academic Sources

1.) Hrubec, Marek. "The Global Struggle for Human Rights: A Dialogue among Cultures." Perspectives on Global Development & Technology 9.1/2 (2010): 39-60. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.

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2.)Astra, Lilijana. "LITHUANIAN MODERN CULTURE AND IMAGES UNDER GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION." Limes 3.1 (2010): 49-54. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.

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3.) Hoffstaedter, Gerhard. "Representing Culture in Malaysian Cultural Theme Parks: Tensions and Contradictions." Anthropological Forum 18.2 (2008): 139-160. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.

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4.) VARIAN, HAL. "Micromultinationals Will Run The World." Foreign Policy 188 (2011): 1-3. Academic Search Complete. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfwin?sid=4349df14-8bd6-42c8-8c21-688a375b51dd@sessionmgr113&vid=5&hid=111

Varian gives a present, and possibly future, look at technology in our everyday lives. He gives examples of open source technology verses technology designed for the rich as it relates to the progress of technology in society.

Varian suggests that different class groups tend to be on different technological levels in society. He also shows how much developed countries have benefitted from the use and development of technology, and that now it is time for undeveloped countries to be given a hand up by providing them with some of this bounty of technology.

This is a great article to found an argument on class distinction caused by technology as well as the increased interactivity of world countries because of technology.

5.) "Long Walk To Innovation." Economist 400.8750 (2011): 74. Academic Search Complete. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.

This article shows a great business side of our argument. First world countries working with third world countries, using technology to meet their ends.

6.) WEINBERGER, DAVID. "The Human Drive Of Tech. (Cover Story)." KM World 20.5 (2011): 1-25. Academic Search Complete. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.

7.) Pinch, Trevor. "Technology And Institutions: Living In A Material World." Theory & Society 37.5 (2008): 461-483. Academic Search Complete. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.

This one shows some connections to class distinctions as a result of the development of technology. Connection could be MATERIALITY.

Other Sources (Finish Citations in MLA)

1.) Douglas, Susan J. “How Do New Things Happen” SHOT: e-Technology and Culture. © by the Society for the History of Technology, 2010. Web (2011).

Douglas comes out and gives us some nice straightforward insights to how things happen on a technological level.

How do new things happen? That has a huge connection to my interest topic.

http://ipidumn.pbworks.com/f/Crewe_IntellectualHeritageOfDevelopment.pdf

2.) Besley, Timothy and Anne Case. "Modeling Technology Adoption in Developing Countries"The American Economic Review by the American Economic Association Vol. 83, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundred and Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (May, 1993), pp. 396-402

Policies for technology adoption provided to other countries. Possible pro's and con's of this sharing of technology on very poor countries.

This also connects to the polarity of richer and poorer countries.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2117697

3.) Kirkpatrick, David. "Tech targets the Third World" Fortune Magazine by CNNMoney, 2006 Web. (2010)

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/20/technology/fastforward_thirdworld.fortune/index.htm#TOP

David Kirkpatrick delves into the current plans of big businesses, which he calls “giants”, in providing cheap technology for poor developing countries. He seeks to inform people of big business plans to provide cheap technology to these developing countries. These people are eager for a chance to get their hands on technology that we in developed countries take for granted.

Kirkpatrick, Fortune senior editor writing for CNNMoney, He argues that providing such technology to these developing countries will increase their earning power which in turn will increase their buying power. Motofone cell phones and MIT’s idea for 100 dollar laptops are some of the examples Kirkpatrick provides of business seeking to make their products available to the world masses.

This article could be used to show both unifying and polarizing effects of technology between as well as within cultures.

4.) "Health Technology in Resource Poor Countries" Unite for Sight 2010. Web. (2011)

http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/technology

Simply a site eliciting donation. The article I cite goes into some detail concerning health technology for developing countries, as well as the idea of one laptop per child.

One major unifying technology is health technology. I will discuss how this technology helps to bring world unity more than culturalal discord.