Human Problems in Technological Change
EDWARD H. SPICER Case Study Model
(HUMAN PROBLEMS in Technological ChangeA CASEBOOK Edited by EDWARD H. SPICER, RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION New York ©1952)
1. THE PROBLEM
2. THE COURSE OF EVENTS
3. RELEVANT FACTORS ➢ References for further study ➢ Answer question presented in the problem before thinking reading the rest of the case.
4. THE OUTCOME
5. ANALYSIS ➢ Suggestions For Study: The Formulation Of Questions
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HUMAN PROBLEMS in Technological Change A CASEBOOK
Edited by EDWARD H. SPICER Case One (Page 23-33) RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION New York ©1952
IN THE WAKE OF THE WHEEL: Introduction of the Wagon to the Papago Indians of Southern Arizona, by Wesley L. Bliss
1. THE PROBLEM
Like other American Indians, the Papagos of southern Arizona knew nothing of the wheel and its uses until the white men came. Relatively isolated in desert country, they did not begin to make much use of wheeled vehicles until shortly before 1900. Their adoption came about partly as the result of a deliberate program of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. The program was successful and had far-reaching effects on the simple routine of life in the desert villages.
The Indian agents correctly predicted that the Papagos would find uses for wagons but, so far as is known, no official anticipated the whole train of effects on Papago life. Hence, the introduction of the wagon was not integrated with other plans for the Indians.
What immediate changes in the life of a desert Indian village would you expect from the introduction of a wagon about the year 1900? 2. THE COURSE OF EVENTS
1. Spanish missionaries first came into contact with the Papago Indians in 1687. The missionaries, and the soldiers and few colonists who followed them, brought metal tools, cattle, horses, wheat and other European seeds, as well as Christianity and some ideas of political and military organization. The
(HUMAN PROBLEMS in Technological ChangeA CASEBOOK Edited by EDWARD H. SPICER, RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION New York ©1952)
1. THE PROBLEM
2. THE COURSE OF EVENTS
3. RELEVANT FACTORS ➢ References for further study ➢ Answer question presented in the problem before thinking reading the rest of the case.
4. THE OUTCOME
5. ANALYSIS ➢ Suggestions For Study: The Formulation Of Questions
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http://web.media.mit.edu/~reilly/spicer1.html
HUMAN PROBLEMS in Technological Change A CASEBOOK
Edited by EDWARD H. SPICER Case One (Page 23-33) RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION New York ©1952
IN THE WAKE OF THE WHEEL: Introduction of the Wagon to the Papago Indians of Southern Arizona, by Wesley L. Bliss
1. THE PROBLEM
Like other American Indians, the Papagos of southern Arizona knew nothing of the wheel and its uses until the white men came. Relatively isolated in desert country, they did not begin to make much use of wheeled vehicles until shortly before 1900. Their adoption came about partly as the result of a deliberate program of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. The program was successful and had far-reaching effects on the simple routine of life in the desert villages.
The Indian agents correctly predicted that the Papagos would find uses for wagons but, so far as is known, no official anticipated the whole train of effects on Papago life. Hence, the introduction of the wagon was not integrated with other plans for the Indians.
What immediate changes in the life of a desert Indian village would you expect from the introduction of a wagon about the year 1900? 2. THE COURSE OF EVENTS
1. Spanish missionaries first came into contact with the Papago Indians in 1687. The missionaries, and the soldiers and few colonists who followed them, brought metal tools, cattle, horses, wheat and other European seeds, as well as Christianity and some ideas of political and military organization. The
References: Underhill, Ruth NI., Social Organization of the Papigo Indians. Columbia Contributions to Anthropology, vol. 30. Columbia University Press, New York, 1939.