The Social Shaping Of Technology

SST,which appeared in Europe and America in 1980s, holds that technique is shaped by society.The topic of this paper is Interpret Chinese traditional technique with and from the point of view of SST theory and check SST theory.Whi1e doubting on the kernel concept of SST—seamless web,this paper puts forward the hypothesis of seamed web,and tries to make some innovations to the theory.The investigation spot is Jiangsu Hengshun vinegar share-holding company limited,where the social shaping of the transformation in the brewing technique of Zhenjiang vinegar is studied as a major target.The investigation involves three periods——traditional society age,planning economy times and market economy period.Traditional society is characterized by low level of produce force, unstable social situation and strict control of vinegar production by government. But the leaders of enterprise are the important actors among the seams. Traditional society shaped traditional brewing technique. Technological character of handwork—brewing vinegar and traditional technology style,we could thick reading from the tale of"Heita brews vinegar".All business activities are under the control of higher authorities and the society...