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Global Technoethics and Cultural Tensions in Canada

Global Technoethics and Cultural Tensions in Canada

Luppicini Rocci
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 9
ISBN13: 9781605669526|ISBN10: 1605669520|EISBN13: 9781605669533
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-952-6.ch012
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Rocci Luppicini. "Global Technoethics and Cultural Tensions in Canada." Technoethics and the Evolving Knowledge Society: Ethical Issues in Technological Design, Research, Development, and Innovation, IGI Global, 2010, pp.228-236. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-952-6.ch012

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R. Luppicini (2010). Global Technoethics and Cultural Tensions in Canada. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-952-6.ch012

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Rocci Luppicini. "Global Technoethics and Cultural Tensions in Canada." In Technoethics and the Evolving Knowledge Society: Ethical Issues in Technological Design, Research, Development, and Innovation. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-952-6.ch012

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Abstract

Winston Churchill once said that history is written by the victors. This statement from Churchill highlights the challenge that marginalized local cultures face in the global world and how important parts of their cultural history can get left behind and forgotten in the drive for national prosperity in the global economy. This chapter focuses on the cultural tensions that arise when a technology rich culture threatens the sustainability of a technology poor culture. A pilot case study of cultural tensions between aboriginal people and dominant French and English Canadian populations. This pilot study explores how technoethical considerations are intertwined with historical, political, and social factors that have threatened the sustainability of aboriginal culture in Canada. Findings suggest that more attention must be invested to ensure that that globalization efforts by technology rich dominant cultures do not lead to the demise of technology poor marginalized cultures. Given the longstanding history and broad scope of aboriginal problems in Canada efforts to revive the cultural history and identity of aboriginal people is suggested as one option to help rebuild aboriginal trust and willingness to collaborate with dominant Canadian populations on global initiatives.

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