Fetishised Objects and Humanised Nature: Towards an Anthropology of Technology

Article Properties
  • DOI (url)
    10.2307/2802804
  • Publication Date
    1988/06/01
  • Journal
    Man
  • Indian UGC (journal)
  • Citations
    127
  • Bryan Pfaffenberger
Citations
Title Journal Journal Categories Citations Publication Date
Technology as a Strategy of the Human? A Comparison Between the Extension Concept and the Fetish Concept of Technology

 Philosophy & Technology 3 2024
Introduction—Building Infrastructural Lives: Mobile and Creative Livelihoods in India and Vietnam The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
  • Social Sciences
  • Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology
 2024
Living art or souvenir? Perspectives on the interpretation of traditional pottery in Cambodia

 Annals of Anthropological Practice
  • Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology
 2024
Fabricating Irrigators: Contested Hydrosocial Territories and Subject-Making in Spain’s Tagus–Segura Interbasin Transfer Arena

 Water
  • Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
  • Technology: Hydraulic engineering: River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)
  • Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
  • Science: Biology (General): Ecology
 1 2024
High-Efficiency Irrigation: Local Water Users’ Responses to the Modernization of Village Irrigation Technology and Government Control in China International Journal of the Commons
  • Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
  • Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
  • Social Sciences
 2024
Citations Analysis
Category Category Repetition
Social Sciences57
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology42
Auxiliary sciences of history: Archaeology33
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences15
Social Sciences: Sociology (General)11
Technology: Hydraulic engineering: River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)6
Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering6
Science: Biology (General): Ecology6
Social Sciences: Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform6
Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media5
Science: Geology5
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation5
Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)5
Bibliography. Library science. Information resources4
Medicine: Public aspects of medicine3
Political science: Political institutions and public administration (General)3
Social Sciences: Industries. Land use. Labor3
Medicine: Medicine (General)2
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Geography (General)2
Agriculture2
History America: Latin America. Spanish America2
Bibliography. Library science. Information resources: Information resources (General)2
Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science2
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business2
Political science2
Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene1
Medicine: Nursing1
Agriculture: Plant culture1
Agriculture: Agriculture (General)1
Social Sciences: The family. Marriage. Woman: Women. Feminism1
Science: Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science1
Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery1
Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Electronics1
Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)1
Science: Chemistry: Analytical chemistry1
Science: Chemistry: Inorganic chemistry1
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Human ecology. Anthropogeography: Settlements: Cities. Urban geography1
Social Sciences: Communities. Classes. Races: Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology1
Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery: Renewable energy sources1
Social Sciences: Communities. Classes. Races: Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology: City planning1
Social Sciences: Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology1
Law1
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Religions. Mythology. Rationalism1
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion1
Science: Biology (General)1
Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry: Biochemistry1
History (General) and history of Europe: History (General)1
Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical technology1
Law: Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence: Comparative law. International uniform law: Medical legislation1
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business: Personnel management. Employment management1
Fine Arts: Architecture1
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Anthropology: Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology1
General Works1
The category Social Sciences 57 is the most commonly referenced area in studies that cite this article. The first research to cite this article was titled Time's arrow never knaps: investigating causality and change in the material record and was published in 1990. The most recent citation comes from a 2024 study titled Introduction—Building Infrastructural Lives: Mobile and Creative Livelihoods in India and Vietnam. This article reached its peak citation in 2022, with 11 citations. It has been cited in 98 different journals, 12% of which are open access. Among related journals, the Water cited this research the most, with 4 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.
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