Is Technology Transferable: Argument in Support

Technology has an offshoot of science is a phenomenon that has  become  on  issue  of  discourse  in  recent  time.  Though  it  is seen  as  a  being  mental  i.e  a  thing  of  the  mind,  but  the  idea  of imperialism and colonialism which had made people in this part of the world (Africa) to start incorporating western thoughts and tradition now made it expedient to ask  the question on whether technology can be transferred?    It  is  important  to  note,  that  technology  is  a  culture  on  its own..  Culture  is  not  a  disembodied  force.  It  is  created  and transmitted by people. However, culture like well-known concepts of the physical sciences (technology), is a convenient abstraction.   Culture  arises  out  of  human  nature  and  its  form  are restricted both by man’s biology and by natural laws. It is equally true  that  culture  channels  biological  processes  –vomiting, fainting,  weeping,  sneezing,  the  daily  habit  of  food  intake  and waste  elimination…whether  a  healthy  adult  feels  hungry  twice, three  or  four  times  a  day,  and  the  hours  at  which  this  feeding recurs,  is  a  question  of  culture.  What  he  eats  is,  of  course, 

limited  by  availability,  but  is  also  party  regulated  by  culture. However,  whether  a  man  eats  and  lives  is,  only  in  part,  an individual  matter,  for  there  are  also  cultural  trends  in  factual everything.    However,  to  say  that  technology  is  transferable,  simply connotes  that  the  mind  set  and  the  culture  of  some  group  of people  can  be  substituted  or  transferred.  What  is  the  truth  in this ascertion?   This  paper  shall  look  into  the  meaning  of  technology,  it  shall  consider  culture  as  a  technological  concept  and  shall examine the possibility of technological transfer.