Third Day Poster Session, 17 June 2010 - NanoTR-VI

Poster Session, Thursday, June 17
Theme F686 - N1123
Sociological Value of Statement of Nanotechnology Discoveries and Innovations
Prof. Dr. Hacı Duran
Social Sciences Education Department, Adıyaman University, ADIYAMAN
Abstract- The main point of interest in relation to our subject is the symbolization of 19 th century technological
innovations by universal dissemination, the symbolization of 20 th century technological innovations by administrations that
keep everything under control at all times, and despite which the emergence of chaos and confusion about the way of
perception of technological innovations in the field of nanotechnology. In this research, a discussion will be opened about
the way that the nanotechnology industrial discoveries are perceived and transformed into a mindset.
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Nanotechnology has become a current issue with its
inventions and innovations which will directly affect
and change the social structure, power relations,
education, health issues and family life following
agricultural, industrial, energy and information
processing technologies.
Technological discoveries and innovations have,
throughout history, affected power relations, social
structures and cultures. Most of the radical changes
that took place in the history of humanity have
therefore been associated with means of production
which determined the form of production.
Agricultural revolution facilitated settlements and
establishment of cities, industrial revolution
facilitated mass production, capitalist markets,
institutionalization of colonial regimes, formation of
employment markets and establishment of modern
life styles. Improvement of information technologies
beyond all expectations caused changes in political,
economic and cultural relations in many fields. It
created new domains of power. Many researches
have been conducted about social, legal and ethical
effects of information technologies. Those researches
still continue today. Political, ideological and social
discussions about industrial and agricultural
revolutions still endure despite the fact that those
revolutions have completed their historical process.
If we look at the discoveries and innovations that
have been enforced in the field of nanotechnology,
(we see that) the history of humanity has encountered
a new revolution before properly processing the
change in the field of information technologies.
Futurists such as Jacques Attali have recently been
voicing that innovations in information and
nanotechnology will create hyper-classes. It is said
that innovations in nanotechnology will bring
humanity face to face with social structures which
have different features whereas before, social
structures used to be formed according to distribution
of wealth, tribal customs, and organizational political
movements.
In this presentation, perception of innovations in the
field of nanotechnology by the society and the ways
that these are transformed into statements will be
emphasized. Data for our research comprise of news
that appeared in the visual and cyber media in
connection with the subject. Perception, outlining,
presentation, visualization and interpretation of the
news related to nanotechnology constitute the
infrastructure for the statement of nanotechnology.
Therefore, how the nanotechnology innovations are
perceived by the public will be understood.
The way that a technological and industrial
innovation is perceived also affects the types of social
relations that that innovation will entail. Meanings
placed upon the nanotechnology innovations are
therefore of great importance. Philosophical,
sociological and social psychological disciplines
always discuss the relationship between the actual
self of something and the meaning given to it. The
same goes for nanotechnology inventions, discoveries
and innovations.
It is known that there are numerous evaluations and
predictions in movies and science-fiction
publications. For example it is also known that a
fictional literature is created based upon the effects of
the 19 th Century scientific discoveries and industrial
innovations. Works of Jules Gabriel Verne are
examples of such efforts. George Orwell's novels
about the effects of technological improvements on
social order in the first half of the 20 th century are
also such examples.
The main point of interest in relation to our subject
is the symbolization of 19 th century technological
innovations by universal dissemination, the
symbolization of 20 th century technological
innovations by administrations that keep everything
under control at all times, and despite which the
emergence of chaos and confusion about the way of
perception of technological innovations in the field of
nanotechnology. In this research, a discussion will be
opened about the way that the nanotechnology
industrial discoveries are perceived and transformed
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