Critique, technology, and innovation: An interview with Darryl Cressman

Lisann Penttilä; Darryl Cressman

doi:10.5380/nocsi.i7.102438

Critique, technology, and innovation

An interview with Darryl Cressman

Autores

Lisann Penttilä Institute of Philosophy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-818X
Darryl Cressman Maastricht University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-8515

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/nocsi.i7.102438

Palavras-chave:

philosophy of technology, critique, innovation, Andrew Feenberg, Herbert Marcuse

Resumo

Philosopher of technology, Darryl Cressman, is an assistant professor at Maastricht University. Cressman’s work engages with a wide variety of disciplines and approaches, including Science and Technology Studies (STS), media theory, the history and philosophy of science, innovation studies, and critical theory. He is the editor of The Necessity of Critique: Andrew Feenberg & the Philosophy of Technology (2022), a collection which brings together diverse perspectives from various authors to focus on Feenberg’s critique of technology. In this interview, Cressman provides insights into his philosophical roots, approach, and methodology.

Biografia do Autor

Lisann Penttilä, Institute of Philosophy

Doctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Belgium). Her research focuses on responsibility and critique in technological development and innovation processes. Her work engages with disciplines and approaches including critical and social theory, action theory, and philosophy of technology.

Darryl Cressman, Maastricht University

PhD in 2012 from the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Philosopher of technology working in the tradition of the humanities. My research and teaching draws on a variety of disciplines and approaches, including Science and Technology Studies (STS), media theory, the history of technology, critical theory, phenomenology, sound studies, political philosophy, and aesthetic philosophy. In my research and teaching, I have applied these approaches to technologies ranging from pipe organs and concert halls to artificial intelligence, online education, and disruptive innovation.

Referências

Bijker, W., Hughes, T., Pinch, T.J.. (1987) The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology. Edited by Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas P. Hughes, and Trevor J. Pinch. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Cressman, D. (2020) “Contingency & Potential: Reconsidering a Dialectical Philosophy of Technology” in Techné: Research in Philosophy & Technology. Vol.24, pp.138-158.

Cressman, D. (2019) “Disruptive Innovation and the Idea of Technology” in Novation- Critical Studies of Innovation. Vol. 1. pp. 18-40.

Cressman, D., ed. (2022). The Necessity of Critique: Andrew Feenberg and the Philosophy of Technology. Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07877-4

Feenberg, A. (2017) Technosystem: The Social Life of Reason. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Marcuse, H. (1969) An Essay on Liberation. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

Marcuse, H. (1968 [1964]) One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

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2025-12-17

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Penttilä, L., & Cressman, D. (2025). Critique, technology, and innovation: An interview with Darryl Cressman. Novation: Critical Studies of Innovation, (7), 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/nocsi.i7.102438

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n. 7 (2025): Critical approaches to innovation and alternative policy models for innovation

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