Understanding Interaction: The Relationships Between People, Technology, Cult...

CRC Press

Understanding Interaction: The Relationships Between People, Technology, Culture, and the EnvironmentVolume 1: Evolution, Technology, Language and Culture\nAuthor(s): Bert Bongers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Apple Academic Press Inc., Canada\nImprint: Apple Academic Press Inc.\nISBN-13: 9781482228625, 978-1482228625\nSynopsis\nUnderstanding Interaction explores the interaction between people and technology in the broader context of the relations between the human-made and the natural environments. It is not just about digital technologies our computers, smartphones, the Internet but all our technologies, such as mechanical, electrical, and electronic. Our ancestors started creating mechanical tools and shaping their environments millions of years ago, developing cultures and languages, which in turn influenced our evolution. \n\nVolume 1 looks into this deep history, starting from the tool-creating period (the longest and most influential on our physical and mental capacities) to.