For my cultural work that I wanted to do research on for this week's assignment was the
first phone that was made. The creators of the phone Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray
which was roughly made around October 1876. They constructed the first electromagnetic
telephone, made of an electromagnet with a nucleus in the shape of a horseshoe bat, a diaphragm
of animal skin, stiffened with potassium dichromate and keeping a metal disk stuck in the
middle.
The 19th century is when the telephone was made in. For the 19th century it saw a lot of
social change because the phone was invented, slavery was abolished, and the first and second
revolutions led to massive urbanization. The 19th century also had a way to communicate before
the phone was made, in 1835 there was an introduction to to the electric relay, in 1837 there was
an introduction of telegraph and its Morse code protocol, 1876 the first telephone call, and 1878
the first functional light bulb. So, the 19th century was going through a lot of changes throughout
the years, and it seems like they were not only expanding technology, but they were also
expanding science to see how far they could go or to see what all they could make.
I would say that this cultural work belongs to all human beings from where the first
phone was made in 1876 to today where we have phones that have touch screens that is not
hanging on a wall. I say this because us as human beings are evolving, and we are evolving so
much that the technology around us is also evolving. From being able to send a phone call from a
phone that is hanging from a wall to being able to FaceTime the person you want to from the
phone in your hand
The telephone forever has changed the way humanity interacts. From having to go see
someone to instantly being able to communicate with others from different distances. Alexander
Graham Bell and Thomas Edison said, "It is true that having the ability to hear the voices of
loved ones over great distances changed how the American people thought about moving farther
away from their roots." The telephone because a tool for grassroots organizations, expanding
democratic participation and leading to advances in communication. You can also say that
telephones could possibly be the reason that some slavery organizations stopped having slaves.