Abstractions and embodiments: new histories of computing and society
Cutting-edge historians explore ideas, communities, and technologies around modern computing to explore how computers mediate social relations.Computers have been framed both as a mirror for the human mind and as an irreducible other that humanness is defined against, depending on different historic...
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Zusammenfassung: | Cutting-edge historians explore ideas, communities, and technologies around modern computing to explore how computers mediate social relations.Computers have been framed both as a mirror for the human mind and as an irreducible other that humanness is defined against, depending on different historical definitions of "humanness." They can serve both liberation and control because some people's freedom has historically been predicated on controlling others. Historians of computing return again and again to these contradictions, as they often reveal deeper structures.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. Abstractions and Embodiments 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. Contributors: Janet Abbate, Marc Aidinoff, Troy Kaighin Astarte, Ekaterina Babinsteva, André Brock, Maarten Bullynck, Jiahui Chan, Gerardo Con Diaz, Liesbeth De Mol, Stephanie Dick, Kelcey Gibbons, Elyse Graham, Michael J. Halvorson, Mar Hicks, Scott Kushner, Xiaochang Li, Zachary Loeb, Lisa Nakamura, Tiffany Nichols, Laine Nooney, Elizabeth Petrick, Cierra Robson, Hallam Stevens, Jaroslav Švelch |
Beschreibung: | Acknowledgments; Introduction. Thinking with Computers; Part I. Abstractions; Chapter 1. Waiting for Midnight: Risk Perception and the Millennium Bug; Chapter 2. Centrists against the Center: The Jeffersonian Politics of a Decentralized Internet; Chapter 3. Beyond the Pale: The Blackbird Web Browser's Critical Reception; Chapter 4. Scientology Online: Copyright Infringement and the Legal Construction of the Internet; Chapter 5. Patenting Automation of Race and Ethnicity Classifications: Protecting Neutral Technology or Disparate Treatment by Proxy?; Chapter 6. "Difficult Things Are Difficult to Describe": The Role of Formal Semantics in European Computer Science, 1960–1980; Chapter 7. What's in a Name? Origins, Transpositions, and Transformations of the Triptych Algorithm–Code–Program; Chapter 8. The Lurking Problem; Chapter 9. The Help Desk: Changing Images of Product Support in Personal Computing, 1975–1990; Chapter 10. Power to the Clones: Hardware and Software Bricolage on the Periphery; Part II: Embodiments; Chapter 11. Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture; Chapter 12. Inventing the Black Computer Professional; Chapter 13. The Baby and the Black Box: A History of Software, Sexism, and the Sound Barrier; Chapter 14. Computing Nanyang: Information Technology in a Developing Singapore, 1965–1985; Chapter 15. Engineering the Lay Mind: Lev Landa's Algo-Heuristic Theory and Artificial Intelligence; Chapter 16. The Measure of Meaning: Automatic Speech Recognition and the Human-Computer Imagination; Chapter 17. Broken Mirrors: Surveillance in Oakland as Both Reflection and Refraction of California's Carceral State; Chapter 18. Punk Culture and the Rise of the Hacker Ethic; Chapter 19. The Computer as Prosthesis? Embodiment, Augmentation, and Disability; Chapter 20. "Have Any Remedies for Tired Eyes?": Computer Pain as Computer History; Afterword. Beyond Abstractions and Embodiments; Contributors; Index |
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adam_text | CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IX
INTRODUCTION.
THINKING
WITH
COMPUTERS
I
JANET
ABBATE
AND STEPHANIE
DICK
PART
I.
ABSTRACTIONS
1.
WAITING
FOR
MIDNIGHT: RISK
PERCEPTION
AND
THE
MILLENNIUM
BUG
23
ZACHARY
LOEB
2. CENTRISTS
AGAINST
THE
CENTER:
THE JEFFERSONIAN
POLITICS
OF
A
DECENTRALIZED
INTERNET
40
MARC AIDINOFF
3.
BEYOND
THE
PALE:
THE BLACKBIRD
WEB BROWSER S CRITICAL
RECEPTION 6O
ANDRE
BROCK
4.
SCIENTOLOGY ONLINE:
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
AND
THE
LEGAL
CONSTRUCTION
OF
THE
INTERNET 84
GERARDO CON
DIAZ
5.
PATENTING AUTOMATION
OF
RACE
AND
ETHNICITY CLASSIFICATIONS:
PROTECTING
NEUTRAL TECHNOLOGY
OR
DISPARATE
TREATMENT
BY
PROXY?
IOA
TIFFANY NICHOLS
6.
DIFFICULT
THINGS ARE DIFFICULT
TO
DESCRIBE :
THE ROLE
OF
FORMAL
SEMANTICS
IN
EUROPEAN COMPUTER
SCIENCE,
196O-1980
126
TROY KAIGHIN ASTARTE
7.
WHAT S
IN
A
NAME? ORIGINS,
TRANSPOSITIONS,
AND
TRANSFORMATIONS
OF
THE
TRIPTYCH
ALGORITHM-CODE-PROGRAM
146
LIESBETH DE MOL AND
MAARTEN BULLYNCK
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE A
8.
THE
LURKING
PROBLEM
169
SCOTT
KUSHNER
9.
THE
HELP DESK:
CHANGING
IMAGES
OF
PRODUCT SUPPORT IN
PERSONAL
COMPUTING,
1975-1990
189
MICHAEL
J. HALVORSON
10.
POWER
TO THE
CLONES:
HARDWARE
AND
SOFTWARE
BRICOLAGE
ON
THE
PERIPHERY
2O8
JAROSLAVS§VELCH
PART II.
EMBODIMENTS
11.
INDIGENOUS
CIRCUITS:
NAVAJO WOMEN
AND
THE
RACIALIZATION
OF
EARLY ELECTRONIC
MANUFACTURE
231
LISA NAKAMURA
12.
INVENTING
THE
BLACK COMPUTER
PROFESSIONAL
257
KELCEY GIBBONS
13.
THE BABY
AND
THE
BLACK
BOX: A
HISTORY
OF
SOFTWARE,
SEXISM,
AND
THE
SOUND
BARRIER
277
MAR
HICKS
14.
COMPUTING
NANYANG:
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY IN
A
DEVELOPING
SINGAPORE,
1965-1985
299
JIAHUI CHAN
AND
HALLAM
STEVENS
15.
ENGINEERING
THE
LAY MIND:
LEV LANDA S
ALGO-HEURISTIC
THEORY
AND
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
319
EKATERINA
BABINTSEVA
16.
THE
MEASURE
OF
MEANING:
AUTOMATIC
SPEECH
RECOGNITION
AND
THE
HUMAN-COMPUTER
IMAGINATION
341
XIAOCHANG
LI
17.
BROKEN MIRRORS: SURVEILLANCE
IN
OAKLAND
AS
BOTH
REFLECTION
AND
REFRACTION
OF
CALIFORNIA S
CARCERAL
STATE
360
CIERRA
ROBSON
18.
PUNK CULTURE
AND
THE
RISE
OF
THE
HACKER
ETHIC
380
ELYSE
GRAHAM
19.
THE COMPUTER
AS
PROSTHESIS?
EMBODIMENT,
AUGMENTATION,
AND
DISABILITY
399
ELIZABETH
PETRICK
VI
CONTENTS
20.
HAVE
ANY REMEDIES
FOR
TIRED
EYES?
:
COMPUTER PAIN
AS
COMPUTER HISTORY
416
LAINE
NOONEY
AFTERWORD. BEYOND
ABSTRACTIONS
AND
EMBODIMENTS
435
STEPHANIE
DICK
AND JANET
ABBATE
CONTRIBUTORS
443
INDEX
447
CONTENTS
VII
|
adam_txt |
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IX
INTRODUCTION.
THINKING
WITH
COMPUTERS
I
JANET
ABBATE
AND STEPHANIE
DICK
PART
I.
ABSTRACTIONS
1.
WAITING
FOR
MIDNIGHT: RISK
PERCEPTION
AND
THE
MILLENNIUM
BUG
23
ZACHARY
LOEB
2. CENTRISTS
AGAINST
THE
CENTER:
THE JEFFERSONIAN
POLITICS
OF
A
DECENTRALIZED
INTERNET
40
MARC AIDINOFF
3.
BEYOND
THE
PALE:
THE BLACKBIRD
WEB BROWSER'S CRITICAL
RECEPTION 6O
ANDRE
BROCK
4.
SCIENTOLOGY ONLINE:
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
AND
THE
LEGAL
CONSTRUCTION
OF
THE
INTERNET 84
GERARDO CON
DIAZ
5.
PATENTING AUTOMATION
OF
RACE
AND
ETHNICITY CLASSIFICATIONS:
PROTECTING
NEUTRAL TECHNOLOGY
OR
DISPARATE
TREATMENT
BY
PROXY?
IOA
TIFFANY NICHOLS
6.
"DIFFICULT
THINGS ARE DIFFICULT
TO
DESCRIBE":
THE ROLE
OF
FORMAL
SEMANTICS
IN
EUROPEAN COMPUTER
SCIENCE,
196O-1980
126
TROY KAIGHIN ASTARTE
7.
WHAT'S
IN
A
NAME? ORIGINS,
TRANSPOSITIONS,
AND
TRANSFORMATIONS
OF
THE
TRIPTYCH
ALGORITHM-CODE-PROGRAM
146
LIESBETH DE MOL AND
MAARTEN BULLYNCK
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE'A
8.
THE
LURKING
PROBLEM
169
SCOTT
KUSHNER
9.
THE
HELP DESK:
CHANGING
IMAGES
OF
PRODUCT SUPPORT IN
PERSONAL
COMPUTING,
1975-1990
189
MICHAEL
J. HALVORSON
10.
POWER
TO THE
CLONES:
HARDWARE
AND
SOFTWARE
BRICOLAGE
ON
THE
PERIPHERY
2O8
JAROSLAVS§VELCH
PART II.
EMBODIMENTS
11.
INDIGENOUS
CIRCUITS:
NAVAJO WOMEN
AND
THE
RACIALIZATION
OF
EARLY ELECTRONIC
MANUFACTURE
231
LISA NAKAMURA
12.
INVENTING
THE
BLACK COMPUTER
PROFESSIONAL
257
KELCEY GIBBONS
13.
THE BABY
AND
THE
BLACK
BOX: A
HISTORY
OF
SOFTWARE,
SEXISM,
AND
THE
SOUND
BARRIER
277
MAR
HICKS
14.
COMPUTING
NANYANG:
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY IN
A
DEVELOPING
SINGAPORE,
1965-1985
299
JIAHUI CHAN
AND
HALLAM
STEVENS
15.
ENGINEERING
THE
LAY MIND:
LEV LANDA'S
ALGO-HEURISTIC
THEORY
AND
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
319
EKATERINA
BABINTSEVA
16.
THE
MEASURE
OF
MEANING:
AUTOMATIC
SPEECH
RECOGNITION
AND
THE
HUMAN-COMPUTER
IMAGINATION
341
XIAOCHANG
LI
17.
BROKEN MIRRORS: SURVEILLANCE
IN
OAKLAND
AS
BOTH
REFLECTION
AND
REFRACTION
OF
CALIFORNIA'S
CARCERAL
STATE
360
CIERRA
ROBSON
18.
PUNK CULTURE
AND
THE
RISE
OF
THE
HACKER
ETHIC
380
ELYSE
GRAHAM
19.
THE COMPUTER
AS
PROSTHESIS?
EMBODIMENT,
AUGMENTATION,
AND
DISABILITY
399
ELIZABETH
PETRICK
VI
CONTENTS
20.
"HAVE
ANY REMEDIES
FOR
TIRED
EYES?
":
COMPUTER PAIN
AS
COMPUTER HISTORY
416
LAINE
NOONEY
AFTERWORD. BEYOND
ABSTRACTIONS
AND
EMBODIMENTS
435
STEPHANIE
DICK
AND JANET
ABBATE
CONTRIBUTORS
443
INDEX
447
CONTENTS
VII |
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spelling | Abbate, Janet 1962- (DE-588)1029092419 edt Abstractions and embodiments new histories of computing and society edited by Janet Abbate and Stephanie Dick Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2022 ix, 459 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Studies in computing and culture Acknowledgments; Introduction. Thinking with Computers; Part I. Abstractions; Chapter 1. Waiting for Midnight: Risk Perception and the Millennium Bug; Chapter 2. Centrists against the Center: The Jeffersonian Politics of a Decentralized Internet; Chapter 3. Beyond the Pale: The Blackbird Web Browser's Critical Reception; Chapter 4. Scientology Online: Copyright Infringement and the Legal Construction of the Internet; Chapter 5. Patenting Automation of Race and Ethnicity Classifications: Protecting Neutral Technology or Disparate Treatment by Proxy?; Chapter 6. "Difficult Things Are Difficult to Describe": The Role of Formal Semantics in European Computer Science, 1960–1980; Chapter 7. What's in a Name? Origins, Transpositions, and Transformations of the Triptych Algorithm–Code–Program; Chapter 8. The Lurking Problem; Chapter 9. The Help Desk: Changing Images of Product Support in Personal Computing, 1975–1990; Chapter 10. Power to the Clones: Hardware and Software Bricolage on the Periphery; Part II: Embodiments; Chapter 11. Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture; Chapter 12. Inventing the Black Computer Professional; Chapter 13. The Baby and the Black Box: A History of Software, Sexism, and the Sound Barrier; Chapter 14. Computing Nanyang: Information Technology in a Developing Singapore, 1965–1985; Chapter 15. Engineering the Lay Mind: Lev Landa's Algo-Heuristic Theory and Artificial Intelligence; Chapter 16. The Measure of Meaning: Automatic Speech Recognition and the Human-Computer Imagination; Chapter 17. Broken Mirrors: Surveillance in Oakland as Both Reflection and Refraction of California's Carceral State; Chapter 18. Punk Culture and the Rise of the Hacker Ethic; Chapter 19. The Computer as Prosthesis? Embodiment, Augmentation, and Disability; Chapter 20. "Have Any Remedies for Tired Eyes?": Computer Pain as Computer History; Afterword. Beyond Abstractions and Embodiments; Contributors; Index Cutting-edge historians explore ideas, communities, and technologies around modern computing to explore how computers mediate social relations.Computers have been framed both as a mirror for the human mind and as an irreducible other that humanness is defined against, depending on different historical definitions of "humanness." They can serve both liberation and control because some people's freedom has historically been predicated on controlling others. 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