Dissertation Research: "The State Machine: Politics, Ideology and Computation in Chile, 1964-1973"

论文研究：“国家机器：智利的政治、意识形态和计算，1964-1973”

• 批准号: 0322278
• 负责人: David Mindell
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0322278&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; State; Machine; Politics

This Science and Technology Dissertation Improvement Award, "The State Machine: Politics, Ideology, and Computation in Chile, 1964-1973" investigates how social, economic, and political processes shaped the adoption of computer technology in the developing world and how these technologies furthered state ideologies of progress, modernity, or socialism. NSF funds will support two research trips to Chile to the archives of various government agencies, homes and offices of interview participants, engineering professional societies, university libraries, SONDA, and the Chilean National Library. The second trip will be devoted to holdings of IBM Chile. This project builds an important bridge between the disciplines of modern Latin American history and the history of technology, a field that has traditionally focused on the U.S. and Europe and overlooked the developing world. Moreover, the interdisciplinary nature of the project unites themes from computer science, electrical engineering, political science, and business history. It promises to enrich our understanding of computer history by documenting the international expansion of U.S. computer companies into Latin America and the creative and innovative uses of information technology in other cultural contexts. To date, results from this project have assisted a Chilean government initiative to teach the history of science and technology to secondary school students. This working relationship is expected to continue. The history of technology is a nascent field in Latin America, furthered by conversations and collaborations with scholars in other parts of the world. Collaborative work with members of the Chilean academic community constitutes a vital part of this project as it facilitates the transfer of methods for studying technology and enables the PI and Co-PI to incorporate developing world concerns in both teaching and publications. Research from this project will result not only in a dissertation, but also in scholarly articles published in Spanish and English, as well as presentations in both the United States and Latin America.

这项科学技术论文改进奖“国家机器：智利的政治、意识形态和计算，1964-1973”研究了社会、经济和政治进程如何影响发展中国家计算机技术的采用，以及这些技术如何推进进步、现代性或社会主义的国家意识形态。 NSF 资金将支持两次前往智利的研究之旅，访问各个政府机构的档案馆、采访参与者的家庭和办公室、工程专业协会、大学图书馆、SONDA 和智利国家图书馆。第二次旅行将专门讨论 IBM 智利公司的持股。该项目在拉丁美洲现代史和技术史学科之间架起了一座重要桥梁，而技术史这一领域传统上只关注美国和欧洲，而忽视了发展中国家。 此外，该项目的跨学科性质结合了计算机科学、电气工程、政治学和商业史的主题。 它通过记录美国计算机公司向拉丁美洲的国际扩张以及信息技术在其他文化背景下的创造性和创新性使用，有望丰富我们对计算机历史的理解。迄今为止，该项目的成果已协助智利政府向中学生教授科学技术史的倡议。 这种工作关系预计将继续下去。 技术史在拉丁美洲是一个新兴领域，通过与世界其他地区学者的对话和合作进一步发展。 与智利学术界成员的合作是该项目的重要组成部分，因为它促进了技术研究方法的转让，并使 PI 和 Co-PI 将发展中国家的关注纳入教学和出版物中。 该项目的研究不仅会形成论文，还会以西班牙语和英语发表学术文章，并在美国和拉丁美洲进行演讲。