Abstractions and embodiments

• Titel: Abstractions and embodiments
• Titelzusatz: new histories of computing and society
• Mitwirkende: Abbate, Janet [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Dick, Stephanie [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Janet Abbate and Stephanie Dick
• Verlagsort: Baltimore
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: ix, 459 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Studies in computing and culture
• Fussnoten: Enthält Literaturangaben und ein Register
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4437-6
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4436-9
• Schlagwörter: (s)Computer / (s)Digitale Revolution / (s)Sozialer Wandel / (s)Gesellschaft / (z)Geschichte
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: MS 4850
• RVK-Notation: SR 850
• K10plus-PPN: 177885575X

Abstract

Using twin frameworks of abstraction and embodiment, a reformulation of the old mind-body dichotomy, this anthology examines how social relations are enacted in and through computing. The authors examining "Abstraction" revisit central concepts in computing, including "algorithm," "program," "clone," and "risk." In doing so, they demonstrate how the meanings of these terms reflect power relations and social identities. The section on "Embodiments" focuses on sensory aspects of using computers as well as the ways in which gender, race, and other identities have shaped the opportunities and embodied experiences of computer workers and users. Offering a rich and diverse set of studies in new areas, the book explores such disparate themes as disability, the influence of the punk movement, working mothers as technical innovators, and gaming behind the Iron Curtain. This volume 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.