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Boundary Objects and Beyond: Working with Leigh Star
Susan Leigh Star (1954--2010) was one of the most influential science studies scholars of the last several decades. In her work, Star highlighted the messy practices of discovering science, asking hard questions about the marginalizing as well as the liberating powers of science and technology. In the landmark work Sorting Things Out, Star and Geoffrey Bowker revealed the social and ethical his…
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- 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 548 pages)).
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Alien agency :experimental encounters with art in the making
"In Alien Agency, Chris Salter tells three stories of art in the making. Salter examines three works in which the materials of art - the 'stuff of the world' - behave and perform in ways beyond the creator's intent, becoming unknown, surprising, alien. Studying thse works - all three deeply embroiled in and enabled by science and technology - allows him to focus on practice through the experien…
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- 9780262323598
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) :illustrations
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High technology and low-income communities : prospects for the positive use o…
"How will low-income communities be affected by the waves of social, economic, political, and cultural change that surround the new information technologies? How can we influence the outcome? This action-oriented book identifies the key issues, explores the evidence, and suggests some answers. Avoiding both utopianism and despair, the book presents the voices of technology enthusiasts and skept…
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- 0585003076
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 411 pages) : illustrations
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- 001 HIG
The Technological Singularity
"The idea that human history is approaching a 'singularity'--that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both--has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at its current dizzying r…
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- 0262331829
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 244 pages).
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How users matter : the co-construction of users and technologies
Users have become an integral part of technology studies. The essays in this volume look at the creative capacity of users to shape technology in all phases, from design to implementation. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, including a feminist focus on users and use (in place of the traditional emphasis on men and machines), concepts from semiotics, and the cultural studies view of con…
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- 9780262281119
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- 1 online resource (vii, 340 pages) : illustrations.
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- Inside Technology
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- 600 HOW
Immersed in technology : art and virtual environments
The Banff Centre for the Arts has become synonymous for what's hot in the electronic arts, a place where professional artists come to produce new work and develop new skills. This book brings together critical essays along with artists' projects to explore the many issues raised by the creation of virtual environments and to provide a glimpse into worlds that have been much discussed but rarely…
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- 9780262290913
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- 1 online resource (xxv, 339 pages) : illustrations
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- 001 IMM
Art + DIY electronics
"The first rigorous and systematic theory of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) electronic culture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262361576
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The Curie Society
"An action-adventure original graphic novel, following a team of young women recruited by an elite secret society--originally founded by Marie Curie--with the mission of supporting the most brilliant female scientists in the world. The heroines of the Curie Society use their smarts, gumption, and cutting-edge technology to protect the world from rogue scientists with nefarious plans. Follow rec…
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- 0262371758
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- 1 online resource (163 pages) :color illustrations.
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Modernity and technology
Studies of the co-construction of technology and modernity that lay the foundation for a new, interdisciplinary field.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262279932
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- 1 online resource (vi, 421 pages)
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Transient workspaces: Technologies of everyday innovation in Zimbabwe
"In this book, Clapperton Mavhunga views technology in Africa from an African perspective. Technology in his account is not something always brought in from outside, but is also something that ordinary people understand, make, and practice through their everyday innovations or creativities -- including things that few would even consider technological. Technology does not always originate in th…
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- 9780262326155
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- 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) :illustrations.
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