{"title":"Social Anthropology of Convergence and Nomadic Computing","authors":"Emilia Nercissians","volume":34,"journal":"International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences","pagesStart":1947,"pagesEnd":1951,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/14347","abstract":"The paper attempts to contribute to the largely\r\nneglected social and anthropological discussion of technology development on the one hand, and to redirecting the emphasis in\r\nanthropology from primitive and exotic societies to problems of high\r\nrelevance in contemporary era and how technology is used in\r\neveryday life. It draws upon multidimensional models of intelligence\r\nand ideal type formation. It is argued that the predominance of\r\ncomputational and cognitive cosmovisions have led to technology alienation. Injection of communicative competence in artificially\r\nintelligent systems and identity technologies in the coming\r\ninformation society are analyzed","references":"[1] E. Nercissians, and C. Lucas, \"Innovative approaches to edevelopment,\"\r\ninvited keynote response, Global eContent Summit 2006: Empowering\r\nCreators and Educators, Yerevan, Armenia, October 6-7, 2006.\r\n[2] C. Lucas, and E. Nercissians, \"Social creativity and Rural Development\r\nin Cyberera,\" in W. Trobbach, H. Hermann, and P. Wolff (eds.)\r\nCommunication and Interdisciplinarity: A Challenge to Agricultural\r\nScience - Festschrift fur Dm. Siawuch Amini. Witzenhausen, Germany:\r\nVerlag: Kassel University Press, pp. 117- 133.\r\n[3] E. Nercissians, \"Ambient intelligence and otherness,\" Minisymposium\r\non Ambient Intelligence, Second International Joint Conference on\r\nKnowledge Management for Composite Materials, KMCM-2008.\r\nVancouver, B.C. Canada, July 8- 11, 2008\r\n[4] E. Nercissians, \"Ambient intelligence: the communicative dimension,\"\r\nMinisymposium on Ambient Intelligence, Second International Joint\r\nConference on Knowledge Management for Composite Materials,\r\nKMCM-2008. Vancouver, B.C. Canada, July 8- 11, 2008\r\n[5] H. Gardner, Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st\r\nCentury. New York: Basic, 2000.\r\n[6] E. Nercissians and C. Lucas, \"Context and cognition: injecting emotions\r\ninto AI,\". International Workshop on Cognitive Science and\r\nNeurophilosophy, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, IRIP, Tehran, May 3-\r\n6, 2005.\r\n[7] E. Nercissians, Topics in Biligualism from the Perspective of Social\r\nSciences. Tehran, Iran: Cultural Heritage of Iran, 2003.\r\n[8] E. Nercissians. \"Bilingualism and diglossia: status and solidarity\r\ndimensions,\" In J. Jorgensen, E. Hansen, A. Holmen and J. Gimbel (eds.)\r\nBilingualism in School and Society. Clevedon, Avon, England:\r\nMultilingual Matters, 1988. pp. 55- 69.\r\n[9] B. Berner, (Ed.): Gendered Practices: Feminist Studies of Technology\r\nand Society. Linkoping, Sweden, Dept. of Technology and Social\r\nChange, 1997.\r\n[10] E. Nercissians, and C. Lucas, \"Technology, gender, and higher education\r\nin Iran,\".in M. Fremerey, and M. Pletsch- Betancourt (eds.) in Prospects\r\nof Change in Higher Education: Towards New Qualities and Relevance.\r\nFestschrift for Matthias Wesseler. Frankfurt: IKO Verlag. 2006. pp. 193-\r\n216","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 34, 2009"}