7. TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOTECHNOLOGY. X. A NEW ACTIVITY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE SERVICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: SPECIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS IN GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL LOCATIONS

Abstract

Seeking to equip industrially developing countries with functioning factories and machines, the author first used the concepts, knowledge, and methods of ergonomics. He then discovered that it is also necessary to develop, test, and use other concepts, other knowledge, and other methods, especially by bringing into consideration the human sciences (geography, demography, epidemiology, sociology, economics, linguistics, anthropology, history) for orienting such countries to means of actualizing technical devices. Reflecting this thinking, the present note proposes an anthropotechnological approach to improve international technology transfer.

Citation

Wisner, A. (2004), "7. TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOTECHNOLOGY. X. A NEW ACTIVITY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE SERVICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: SPECIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS IN GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL LOCATIONS", Kaplan, M. (Ed.) Cultural Ergonomics (Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3601(03)04007-4