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In examining representations of cities, disease, and human biology, this paper reflects on what technologies reveal of the conditions to which they’re turned.
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This idea is explored further in: Buchanan, R. “Children of the Moving Present: The Ecology of Culture and the Search for Causes in Design.” Design Issues 17, no. 1 (2001): 67–84.
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Hargraves, I. Seeing Through Technology. Know Techn Pol 20, 131–139 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12130-007-9020-x
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