Do Artifacts Have Politics?

Last updated February 28, 2026

"Do Artifacts Have Politics?" is a seminal scholarly paper published by Langdon Winner in 1980.

The paper has been described as an "iconic landmark" in conversations about the relationship between technology and politics.^[1] It is often cited to illustrate the impact of neutral technology.^[2]

References

↑ "Do artifacts (still) have politics?". The Information Society. 35 (4): 244–249. 2019-08-08. doi:10.1080/01972243.2019.1618058. ISSN 0197-2243.
↑ Gogoll, Jan; Zuber, Niina (2026). Introduction to Ethical Software Development. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science (1st ed. 2026 ed.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland Imprint: Springer. ISBN 978-3-032-06195-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

External links

"Do Artifacts Have Politics?". JSTOR .

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[1] "Do artifacts (still) have politics?". The Information Society. 35 (4): 244–249. 2019-08-08. doi:10.1080/01972243.2019.1618058. ISSN 0197-2243.

[2] Gogoll, Jan; Zuber, Niina (2026). Introduction to Ethical Software Development. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science (1st ed. 2026 ed.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland Imprint: Springer. ISBN 978-3-032-06195-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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