Culture and Technology Studies University of Guelph

Overview

For example, is there such a thing as ‘privacy’ in a digital world? You’ll be challenged to think about each of the ways technology intersects with our lives and learn how to craft the future of technology in an ethical way, as well as our relationship to it.

You will choose between one of three streams within our program:

• Performance, Making & Design
• Storytelling & Public Humanities

• Power, Identities, & Equity. 

Culture and Technology Studies Graduate Career Outcomes

Combined with your unique areas of specialization, the University of Guelph Culture and Technology degree provides you with flexible career pathways and empowers you to choose how you connect technology and digital tools with culture to impact society

• museum curator
• librarian
• web designer
• game designer
• digital publisher
• information technologist

What is Culture and Technology Studies?

Since the beginning of time, humankind has used technology in different ways, from simple tools to the digital age we find ourselves in currently. The more humans interacted with technology, the more they asked of their tools, and the relationship between humans and technology in turn was a powerful force in shaping culture more generally.

Why Culture AND Technology Matter

Today, technology allows us to stay connected instantaneously with one another, algorithms create curated social media feeds to present to us exactly what we want to see, and fake news runs rampant as every person can voice personal opinions to a wide audience. The connections between humanity and technology grow increasingly complex with every passing day.

Examples include:

• Landline phones turned into handheld touch-screen cell phones = instant response time
• Slow AOL internet servers turned into Alexa’s artificial intelligence = get answers anytime
• Physical newspaper delivery turned into digital buzzfeed articles = find any news article
• From America’s Funniest Home Videos TV turned into YouTube, Tik Tok and Reels = constant entertainment

Your Impact

With this in mind, we know it is important that our future leaders, innovators, and influencers have the knowledge, training, and expertise to manage ethical decisions and mobilize unique, creative problem-solving skills as we move toward a thriving digital future.

To do this, you’ll combine all the dynamic, creative possibilities of training in the arts and humanities with all the functional and technology fluency of studies in computer science for a powerful, unique, highly-in demand skill set to tackle the complex problems of tomorrow.