Abstractions and embodiments : new histories of computing and society /
This anthology of original historical essays examines how social relations are enacted in and through computing using the twin frameworks of abstraction and embodiment. The book highlights a wide range of understudied contexts and experiences, such as computing and disability, working mothers as tec...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Studies in computing and culture.
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| Summary: | This anthology of original historical essays examines how social relations are enacted in and through computing using the twin frameworks of abstraction and embodiment. The book highlights a wide range of understudied contexts and experiences, such as computing and disability, working mothers as technical innovators, race and community formation and gaming behind the Iron Curtain. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 459 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421444369 1421444364 9781421444376 1421444372 |