"After Eating explores the emerging field of metabolic arts, practices which engage the materials and methodologies of not only food and ingestion but also digestion and metabolism"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Computational Formalism investigates examples of art historical analysis in the fields of computer and information sciences, and frames this research in the context of art historiography. The use of machine learning to analyze art images has ushered in a renewed interest in formalism in art history, but these new techniques create new critical challenges for the field"--OCLC-licensed vendor bi…
"The authors of Machines Like Us explore what it would take to endow computers with the kind of common sense that humans depend on every day--critically needed for AI systems to be successful in the world and to become trustworthy"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The author builds on insights developed from observations of Mexico's earthquake early warning system, Sistema de Alerta S?ismica Mexicano, to show how particular social and physical conditions animate the design, maintenance, and use of environmental monitoring technologies, and how they shape where, when, and for whom these technologies manage risk"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Selfie Democracy exposes the unintended consequences of wireless technologies on political leadership and shows how seemingly benign mobile devices that hold out the promise of direct democracy ultimately undermine representative forms of government and deepen partisan divides. As the smart phone and mobile applications are reshaping civic participation, attitudes about freedom, civic rights, …
"Digital Lethargy is a book about decentering digital technologies. His definition of the digital is expansive; it includes workers, servers and infrastructures, environments, as well as users. It also includes historical contexts. It's the kind of far-reaching exploration that new media studies (as it's come to be known) is lacking and sorely needs. By exploring digital technology through art,…
"Rebel Health is a field guide to how the underground, patient-led revolution can result in better health and help to heal health care"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Saltman wrestles with the contradiction between the demand for radical empiricism ("data driven" everything) in contemporary education, and the flight from evidence in the enactment of policy and politics"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An analysis of advances in military technology that illustrates the importance of organizational flexibility in both an attacker's innovations and an opponent's adaptations. How important is military innovation in determining outcomes during armed conflict In Innovation and Adaptation in War , Matthew Tattar questions the conventional wisdom that, to succeed, military organizations must innovat…
"An exploration of the future of work featuring real-world profiles of changing jobs and work arrangements in light of human/AI interaction"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.