Description: Further DetailsTitle: TransductionsCondition: NewSubtitle: Bodies and Machines at SpeedISBN-10: 0826481698EAN: 9780826481696ISBN: 9780826481696Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.Format: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/27/2006Description: What do the patented data structures embedded deep in the code of an online computer game or the massively complicated architecture of the latest supercomputer used to simulate nuclear explosions have to do with culture, life or meaning? Why does technology attract such wildly differing responses - from fervour to boredom to distrust? Transductions explores these questions by drawing on science and technology studies, contemporary critical theory and corporeal theory. An exploration of complex technologies such as online computer games, genomic databases and the global positioning system reveals how the borders between bodies and machines, between what counts as social and what counts as technical, are no less diverse and complicated than culture itself. Indeed, they constitute a crucial dimension of contemporary culture. Through a critical analysis of the widely accepted notion that technology speeds everything up, Transductions argues that there are only ever differences in speed. The question for us now is how can such differences be represented? Transductions was originally part of the Technologies: Studies in Culture and Theory series.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 380gAuthor: Adrian MacKenzieGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Computing & InternetRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Transductions
Title: Transductions
Subtitle: Bodies and Machines at Speed
ISBN-10: 0826481698
EAN: 9780826481696
ISBN: 9780826481696
Release Date: 07/27/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Computing & Internet
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Publication Name: Transductions : Bodies and Machines at Speed
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2006
Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Aspects
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Adrian Mackenzie
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Uk-Trade Paper
