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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Abbate, Janet[Herausgeber, Verfasser einer Einleitung, Verfasser eines Nachworts]
• Dick, Stephanie[Herausgeber, Verfasser einer Einleitung, Verfasser eines Nachworts]

Titel

Abstractions and embodiments : new histories of computing and society

Ist Teil von

• Studies in Computing and Culture

Ort / Verlag

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zu anderen Inhalten

• Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• "Computers have been framed both as a mirror for the human mind and as an irreducible other that humanness is defined against, depending on different historical definitions of "humanness." They can serve both liberation and control because some people's freedom has historically been predicated on controlling others. Historians of computing return again and again to these contradictions, as they often reveal deeper structures."-- (Verlagstext)
• "[...] 'Abstractions and Embodiments' reimagines computing history by questioning canonical interpretations, foregrounding new actors and contexts, and highlighting neglected aspects of computing as an embodied experience. It makes the profound case that both technology and the body are culturally shaped and that there can be no clear distinction between social, intellectual, and technical aspects of computing."-- (Klappentext)