Cultures of Computing

Informationen zum Autor Susan Leigh Star is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology! University of Illinois and Affiliate Research Scientist at the Institute for Research on Learning in the USA. Klappentext This is one of the first collections exploring the range of cultural practices associated with the design and use of computing. Against the background of the information revolution! the volume shows how people come to computers as learners! artists! teachers! designers! gatekeepers! or scientists. Zusammenfassung This is one of the first collections exploring the range of cultural practices associated with the design and use of computing. Against the background of the "information revolution"! the volume shows how people come to computers as learners! artists! teachers! designers! gatekeepers! or scientists. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From Practice to Culture on Usenet: Nancy K. Baym (University of Illinois). 2. Changing Documents/Documenting Changes: Using Computers for Collaborative Writing over Distance: Eevi E. Beck (University of Sussex). 3. Cyberpunks in Cyberspace: The Politics of Subjectivity in the Computer Age: Paul N. Edwards (Stanford University). 4. Information Systems Strategy! a Cultural Borderland! Some monstrous Behaviour: Mike Hales (University of Brighton). 5. Making Space: A Comparison of Mathematical Work in School and Professional Design Practices: Rogers Hall and Reed Stevens (University of California! Berkeley and Institute for Research in Learning). 6. Contextualization! Cognitive Flexibility! and Hypertext: The Convergence of Interpretative Theory! Cognitive Psychology! and Advanced Information Technologies: Robert Alun Jones and Rand J. Spiro (University of Illinois). 7. Constructing Easiness -- Historical Perspectives on Work! Computerization! and Women: Randi Markussen (Arhus University). 8. Creating Cybertrust from the Margins: H. Jeanie Taylor and Cheris Kramarae (University of Illinois). 9.a Pulling Downa Books vs a Pulling Upa Files: Textual Databanks and the Changing Culture of Classical Scholarship: Karen Ruhleder (Worcester Polytechnic Institute). 10. The Visual Culture of Engineers: Kathryn Henderson (Texas A & M University). 11. Cross--Classroom Collaboration in Global Learning Circles: Margaret Riel (AT & T Learning Circles). 12. Connecting Cultures: Balinese Character and the Computer: Dianne DiPaola Hagaman. 13. Sex and Death Among the Disembodied: VR! Cyberspace! and the Nature of Academic Discourse: Allucquere Rosanne Stone (University of Texas). ...

Product details

• Authors: Star, Susan L. Star, Susan Leigh Star
• Assisted by: Susan L. Star (Editor), Susan Leigh Star (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.1995
• EAN: 9780631192824
• ISBN: 978-0-631-19282-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Sociological Review Monograph; Sociological Review Monographs; Sociological Review; Sociological Review Monographs
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Sociology and anthropology