Technology and Culture
This MIT OpenCourseWare subject looks at how technology, culture, and politics intersect across different societies and historical periods. The course is built around two organizing themes, identity and infrastructure, using interactive lectures, film screenings, assigned readings, and discussion sessions to work through them. Materials include the full syllabus, reading lists, and assignment prompts as posted by MIT, covering case studies that range from infrastructure systems to questions of how technology shapes group and individual identity. It is designed for undergraduates with no strict prerequisites and works as a broad introduction to science, technology, and society as a field. As with other MIT OCW offerings, there are no graded credentials or instructor interaction, just the course materials themselves, free to use for self-study or teaching.