GeoGebra as a socially constructed technology

Sergio Rubio-Pizzorno, Jul 4, 2017

From an anthropological point of view it is possible to conceive GeoGebra as a socially constructed technology, by analyzing the cultural aspects, particularly from the digital culture, of its creation and development. This allows us to understand the process that has taken GeoGebra from being just a software to a global community, a process which is characterized, for instance, by the democratization of its relevant social groups and by a technological stabilization that lays out a path for the software and community development. [b]Key words[/b]: Social Construction of Digital Technologies, Digital culture, Digital community.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. General information
  2. Research
    1. Motivations
    2. Anthropological analysis
  3. Constitution of social groups
    1. Ingredients
    2. Interpretative flexibility
    3. Purpose of the Community
  4. Social interaction
    1. Ingredients
    2. Social interaction by flows
    3. Flow interaction model
    4. Flow interaction example
  5. Normativity of the dominant social structure
    1. Network society
    2. Impact
  6. Contact information
    1. References
    2. Contact information

1.

Introduction

  • 1. General information

1.1.

General information

[size=200][center]Sergio Rubio-Pizzorno [br]Center for Research and Advanced Studies ([url=http://www.cinvestav.mx/]Cinvestav[/url])[br]México (Chile)[br]sergio.rubio@cinvestav.mx - [url=http://www.zergiorubio.org]www.zergiorubio.org[/url][br][/center][/size]
– Sergio Rubio-Pizzorno

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Research

Brief description about research

  • 1. Motivations
  • 2. Anthropological analysis

2.1.

Motivations

[size=100][size=150][size=200][center][color=#741b47]How society organizes itself taking advantage of digital technologies to construct knowledge?[/color][/center][/size][/size][/size]
[size=150][quote]Show the way that artefacts have society inside of them[/quote][right](Pinch, 2015)[/right][/size]
[justify][size=150][/size][/justify][quote][size=150]The purpose of the community is not the construction of a specific object, but the attention to the community's needs[/size][/quote][size=150][right](Contreras, 2003, p. 137)[/right][/size]
– Sergio Rubio-Pizzorno

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3.

Constitution of social groups

How digital technology is socially constructed? [b]Through the constitution of relevant social groups[/b].

  • 1. Ingredients
  • 2. Interpretative flexibility
  • 3. Purpose of the Community

3.1.

Ingredients

[size=100][size=150][size=200][center][color=#741b47]Which elements promote relevant social groups constitution?[/color][/center][/size][/size][/size]
[size=150][justify][b]Technical element[/b]: Internet.[br][b]Social element[/b]: keep open and be collaborative.[/justify][/size]
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Social interaction

How digital technology is socially constructed? [b]Through social interaction by flows[/b].

  • 1. Ingredients
  • 2. Social interaction by flows
  • 3. Flow interaction model
  • 4. Flow interaction example

4.1.

Ingredients

[size=100][size=150][size=200][center][color=#741b47]What promotes a social interaction by flows?[br][/color][/center][/size][/size][/size]
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5.

Normativity of the dominant social structure

How digital technology is socially constructed? [b]Through the normativity of the network-intelligence[/b].

  • 1. Network society
  • 2. Impact

5.1.

Network society

[size=150][justify]The dominant social structure in the digital technology construction process is the [b]Network society[/b] (Castells, 1999).[br][br]Specifically, it is the [b]Network-intelligence[/b] when the community purpose is knowledge construction (Contreras, 2003).[/justify][/size]
[size=200][center][color=#741b47]Power relationships are [i]heterarchical[/i], this means they are [i]horizontal[/i] and [i]multidirectional[/i].[/color][/center][/size]
– Sergio Rubio-Pizzorno

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Contact information

  • 1. References
  • 2. Contact information

6.1.

References

[justify][/justify][justify]Castells, Manuel (1999). [i]La Era de la Información. Economía, Sociedad y Cultura: La Sociedad Red (vol. 1)[/i]. Siglo XXI, Estado de México, México. ISBN 9789682321689.[url=http://10.0.3.248/j.jmathb.2014.08.001][/url][/justify]
[justify][/justify][justify][/justify][justify]Contreras, Pau (2003). [i]Me llamo Kohfam. Identidad de un hacker: una aproximación antropológica[/i]. Editorial Gedisa S. A., Barcelona. ISBN 84-9784-007-0. Retrived from [url=http://myslide.es/documents/contreras-pau-me-llamo-kohfam-tec.html]myslide.es/documents/contreras-pau-me-llamo-kohfam-tec.html[/url][/justify]
[justify][/justify][justify]Jull, Stephen. (2017). [i]GeoGebra Community Network[/i] [Presentation]. In [url=http://bit.ly/2we8R5Y]bit.ly/2we8R5Y[/url][/justify]
[justify][/justify][justify][/justify][justify][/justify][justify]Pinch, Trevor (2015). La construcción social de la tecnología: una revisión. In: María Josefa Santos and Rodrigo Díaz Cruz (Eds.), [i]Innovación tecnológica y procesos culturales. Perspectivas teóricas[/i], pp. 18–37. Fondo de Cultura Económica, México. ISBN 9786071622167.[/justify]
– Sergio Rubio-Pizzorno

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