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Divining a digital future : mess and mythology in ubiquitous computing / Pau Dourisch and Genevieve Bell

Dourish, Paul, 1966- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2011] [© 2011]

1 Online-Ressource (x, 248 Seiten) : Illustrationen

Englisch

Erscheint auch als: Divining a digital future / Dourish, Paul (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-262-29534-5

978-0-262-01555-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-262-52589-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 839016279     

OCoLC: 839016279 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

SR 850  | ST 200      Ähnliche Literatur

QA76.5915

303.4833 ; 303.48/33

Basisklassifikation: 71.43 (Technologische Faktoren) <Soziologie>

*Ubiquitous Computing ; Gesellschaft      Zum Register

Ubiquitous Computing ; Gesellschaft ; Soziokultureller Wandel ; Ubiquitous computing ; Computer networks / Social aspects / Forecasting

Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" of computing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp is characterized by small and powerful computing devices that are worn, carried, or embedded in the world around us. The ubicomp research agenda originated at Xerox PARC in the late 1980s; these days, some form of that vision is a reality for the millions of users of Internet-enabled phones, GPS devices, wireless networks, and "smart" domestic appliances. In Divining a Digital Future, computer scientist Paul Dourish and cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell explore the vision that has driven the ubiquitous computing research program and the contemporary practices that have emerged--both the motivating mythology and the everyday messiness of lived experience.Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the authors' collaboration, the book takes seriously the need to understand ubicomp not only technically but also culturally, socially, politically, and economically. Dourish and Bell map the terrain of contemporary ubiquitous computing, in the research community and in daily life; explore dominant narratives in ubicomp around such topics as infrastructure, mobility, privacy, and domesticity; and suggest directions for future investigation, particularly with respect to methodology and conceptual foundations.