Event: Humanities and Technology Association Annual Conference

July 22, 2010

Humanities and Technology Association Annual Conference
September 30-October 2, 2010
Bowie State University
14000 Jericho Road Park
Bowie, Maryland

This year our special topic is: Technology and Development: The Human Benefits and Burdens.  The sustainable use of technical and natural resources makes it possible to alleviate world hunger, eliminate literacy, deliver basic health care services, and raise living standards worldwide.  Yet, we still face significant political, economic, environmental, and social challenges in reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goals of eliminating extreme poverty in all its forms by 2015.  Some of these challenges evoke questions about the use and abuse of technologies with regard to development.  What have been the human benefits and burdens of the introduction of new technologies in the past and what are the challenges facing both the developed and developing countries today?

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