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Cultural Technologies
Author(s): Göran Bolin
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: July 14, 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 222 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415893119
- ISBN-13: 9780415893114
Book Description
The essays in this volume discuss both the culture of technology that we live in today, and culture as technology. Within the chapters of the book cultures of technology and cultural technologies are discussed, focussing on a variety of examples, from varied national contexts. The book brings together internationally recognised scholars from the social sciences and humanities, covering diverse themes such as intellectual property, server farms and search engines, cultural technologies and epistemology, virtual embassies, surveillance, peer-to-peer file-sharing, sound media and nostalgia and much more. It contains both historical and contemporary analyses of technological phenomena as well as epistemological discussions on the uses of technology.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The collection of articles in Cultural Technologies has breadth and leaves room for ample discussion on cultural perspectives and more pragmatic matters concerning hardware and software technologies. For American audiences, the diverse international authorship is refreshing and broadens discussions on culture, technology, and globalization.’ Diane Martinez, Technical Communication
‘[O]riginal and inventive approaches to technologies […] Students and researchers conducting research on some of these areas would clearly need to consider the studies presented in this volume.’ Terje Rasmussen, University of Oslo, for Nordicom-Information
