Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Anthropology
Reader 1
Seo Young Park
Reader 2
Joanne Nucho
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© 2018 Alexis A Shoemaker
Abstract
The automobile is a cultural artifact embedded in our lives and imbued with meaning. Autonomous vehicle technology stands to alter not just the way we drive or whether we drive, it also has the power to fundamentally change the way we live. The development of driverless cars enables the examination of the complex relationships that individuals have with the automobile and reveals the fears associated with this technological change.
Recommended Citation
Shoemaker, Alexis, "Fear of Change: Autonomous Vehicle Technology and the Automobile as a Cultural Artifact" (2018). Scripps Senior Theses. 1192.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1192
