2024/06/14 by Arjan Shahini · 1 voice
Computer Science · Engineering · #Higher Education and Teaching Methods #History of Computing Technologies #Space Technology and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/14682745.2024.2328701
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This article offers a multilayered examination of knowledge circulation and technology transfer in a peripheral country by tracing the development of computer science in Albanian higher education. It highlights the impact of foreign policy, and the influence of international factors on the discipline during a period when Albania was considered isolated and affected by various waves of anti-technocratic sentiments. Due to transcultural influences, the Albanian academic community adopted the cybernetic spirit of the 1950s early on. However, the establishment of computer science as a discipline at the University of Tirana did not occur until the 1980s.