The Cultures Of Computing

Author : Susan Leigh Star
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631192824

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The Cultures of Computing by Susan Leigh Star Pdf

This is one of the first collections exploring the range of cultural practices associated with the design and use of computing. Against the background of the "information revolution", the volume shows how people come to computers as learners, artists, teachers, designers, gatekeepers, or scientists. The contributors cover a range of topics, from the military to gender in cyberspace, from education to multi-national corporate IT use.

Author : Naoko Tosa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447165125

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Cross-Cultural Computing: An Artist's Journey by Naoko Tosa Pdf

This exciting new book explores the relationship between cultural traditions and computers, looking at how people from very different cultures and backgrounds communicate and how the use of information technologies can support and enhance these dialogues. Historically we developed our understanding of other cultures through traditional means (museums, printed literature, etc.) but the advent of information technologies has allowed us access to a plethora of material. Tosa asks the question “Can we understand other cultures using computers as media to supplement thinking and memorization?” Starting with a survey of art and technology, moving into the area of culture and technology, the book culminates with a vision of a new world based on an understanding of these relationships, allowing cultural creators and viewers the opportunity to reach a better and more profound understanding of the role information technology will play going forward.

Author : David Golumbia
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0674032926

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The Cultural Logic of Computation by David Golumbia Pdf

Advocates of computers make sweeping claims for their inherently transformative power: new and different from previous technologies, they are sure to resolve many of our existing social problems, and perhaps even to cause a positive political revolution. In The Cultural Logic of Computation, David Golumbia, who worked as a software designer for more than ten years, confronts this orthodoxy, arguing instead that computers are cultural “all the way down”—that there is no part of the apparent technological transformation that is not shaped by historical and cultural processes, or that escapes existing cultural politics. From the perspective of transnational corporations and governments, computers benefit existing power much more fully than they provide means to distribute or contest it. Despite this, our thinking about computers has developed into a nearly invisible ideology Golumbia dubs “computationalism”—an ideology that informs our thinking not just about computers, but about economic and social trends as sweeping as globalization. Driven by a programmer’s knowledge of computers as well as by a deep engagement with contemporary literary and cultural studies and poststructuralist theory, The Cultural Logic of Computation provides a needed corrective to the uncritical enthusiasm for computers common today in many parts of our culture.

Author : Matthias Rauterberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030774318

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Culture and Computing. Design Thinking and Cultural Computing by Matthias Rauterberg Pdf

The two-volume set LNCS 12794-12795 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C&C 2021, which was held as part of HCI International 2021 and took place virtually during July 24-29, 2021. The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions. The papers included in the HCII-C&C volume set were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: ICT for cultural heritage; technology and art; visitors’ experiences in digital culture; Part II: Design thinking in cultural contexts; digital humanities, new media and culture; perspectives on cultural computing.

Author : Ulrik Ekman,Jay David Bolter,Lily Diaz,Morten Sondergaard,Maria Engberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781317704560

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Ubiquitous Computing, Complexity and Culture by Ulrik Ekman,Jay David Bolter,Lily Diaz,Morten Sondergaard,Maria Engberg Pdf

The ubiquitous nature of mobile and pervasive computing has begun to reshape and complicate our notions of space, time, and identity. In this collection, over thirty internationally recognized contributors reflect on ubiquitous computing’s implications for the ways in which we interact with our environments, experience time, and develop identities individually and socially. Interviews with working media artists lend further perspectives on these cultural transformations. Drawing on cultural theory, new media art studies, human-computer interaction theory, and software studies, this cutting-edge book critically unpacks the complex ubiquity-effects confronting us every day. The companion website can be found here: http://ubiquity.dk

Author : Toru Ishida
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642171840

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Culture and Computing by Toru Ishida Pdf

In the light of upcoming global issues, concerning population, energy, the environment, and food, information and communication technologies are required to overcome difficulties in communication among cultures. In this context, the First International Conference on Culture and Computing, which was held in Kyoto, Japan, in February 2010, was conceived as a collection of symposia, panels, workshops, exhibitions, and guided tours intended to share issues, activities, and research results regarding culture and computing. This volume includes 17 invited and selected papers dealing with state-of-the-art topics in culturally situated agents, intercultural collaboration and support systems, culture and computing for art and heritage, as well as culture and computing within regional communities.

Author : Toru Ishida,Susan R. Fussell,Piek T. J. M. Vossen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540740001

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Intercultural Collaboration by Toru Ishida,Susan R. Fussell,Piek T. J. M. Vossen Pdf

This book presents 29 revised invited and selected lectures given by top-researchers at the First International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration, IWIC 2007, held in Kyoto, Japan. This state-of-the-art survey increases mutual understanding in our multicultural world by featuring collaboration support, social psychological analyses of intercultural interaction, and case studies from field workers.

Author : C. P. Snow,Charles Percy Snow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107606142

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The Two Cultures by C. P. Snow,Charles Percy Snow Pdf

The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.

Author : Robin Hammerman,Andrew L. Russell
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781970001501

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Ada's Legacy by Robin Hammerman,Andrew L. Russell Pdf

Ada’s Legacy illustrates the depth and diversity of writers, thinkers, and makers who have been inspired by Ada Lovelace, the English mathematician and writer. The volume, which commemorates the bicentennial of Ada’s birth in December 1815, celebrates Lovelace’s many achievements as well as the impact of her life and work, which reverberated widely since the late nineteenth century. In the 21st century we have seen a resurgence in Lovelace scholarship, thanks to the growth of interdisciplinary thinking and the expanding influence of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Ada’s Legacy is a unique contribution to this scholarship, thanks to its combination of papers on Ada’s collaboration with Charles Babbage, Ada’s position in the Victorian and Steampunk literary genres, Ada’s representation in and inspiration of contemporary art and comics, and Ada’s continued relevance in discussions around gender and technology in the digital age. With the 200th anniversary of Ada Lovelace’s birth on December 10, 2015, we believe that the timing is perfect to publish this collection of papers. Because of its broad focus on subjects that reach far beyond the life and work of Ada herself, Ada’s Legacy will appeal to readers who are curious about Ada’s enduring importance in computing and the wider world.

Author : Ulrik Ekman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262017503

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Throughout by Ulrik Ekman Pdf

Leading media scholars consider the social and cultural changes that come with the contemporary development of ubiquitous computing. Ubiquitous computing and our cultural life promise to become completely interwoven: technical currents feed into our screen culture of digital television, video, home computers, movies, and high-resolution advertising displays. Technology has become at once larger and smaller, mobile and ambient. In Throughout, leading writers on new media--including Jay David Bolter, Mark Hansen, N. Katherine Hayles, and Lev Manovich--take on the crucial challenges that ubiquitous and pervasive computing pose for cultural theory and criticism. The thirty-four contributing researchers consider the visual sense and sensations of living with a ubicomp culture; electronic sounds from the uncanny to the unremarkable; the effects of ubicomp on communication, including mobility, transmateriality, and infinite availability; general trends and concrete specificities of interaction designs; the affectivity in ubicomp experiences, including performances; context awareness; and claims on the "real" in the use of such terms as "augmented reality" and "mixed reality."

Author : Carol Frieze,Jeria Quesenberry
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781457539275

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Kicking Butt in Computer Science by Carol Frieze,Jeria Quesenberry Pdf

Are women really kicking butt in computer science? National statistics show little progress in the participation of women in computing; this in spite of numerous studies, reports and recommendations on the topic. Some might say the reasons for the situation remain a mystery. However, at Carnegie Mellon University we do not believe that the situation is either so mysterious or such an intractable problem. Indeed, women are kicking butt in computer science in some cultures and environments. This book tells the Carnegie Mellon story, a positive story of how one school developed a culture and environment in which both women and men could thrive and be successful in computer science.

Author : Ruth Woodfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521777356

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Women, Work and Computing by Ruth Woodfield Pdf

Although few dispute the computer's place as a pivotal twentieth century artefact, little agreement has emerged over whether the changes it has precipitated are generally positive or negative in nature, or whether we should be contemplating our future association with the computer more with enthusiasm or trepidation. Specifically with regard to the relationship between women and computers, a diverse body of commentary has embraced the views of those who have found grounds for expressing pessimism about this association and those who have favoured a more optimistic assessment of the current situation and its probable future development. This book undertakes a thorough evaluation of the legitimacy and predictive power of the optimistic commentary. Using a large body of original qualitative data, it interrogates the bases of what it identifies as three waves of optimism and in doing so provides answers to some of the key questions asked in this field today.

Author : Yanni Alexander Loukissas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780415592284

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Co-designers by Yanni Alexander Loukissas Pdf

The book is organised around the accounts of professional designers engaged in a high-stakes competition to redefine architecture in the context of computer simulation.

Author : Gerard Alberts,Ruth Oldenziel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447154938

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Hacking Europe by Gerard Alberts,Ruth Oldenziel Pdf

Hacking Europe traces the user practices of chopping games in Warsaw, hacking software in Athens, creating chaos in Hamburg, producing demos in Turku, and partying with computing in Zagreb and Amsterdam. Focusing on several European countries at the end of the Cold War, the book shows the digital development was not an exclusively American affair. Local hacker communities appropriated the computer and forged new cultures around it like the hackers in Yugoslavia, Poland and Finland, who showed off their tricks and creating distinct “demoscenes.” Together the essays reflect a diverse palette of cultural practices by which European users domesticated computer technologies. Each chapter explores the mediating actors instrumental in introducing and spreading the cultures of computing around Europe. More generally, the “ludological” element--the role of mischief, humor, and play--discussed here as crucial for analysis of hacker culture, opens new vistas for the study of the history of technology.

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138303895

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Computing and Its Cultures by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf