Computing Myths, Class Realities An Ethnography of Technology and Working People in Sheffield, England

List of contents

Introduction -- Studying Computerization -- Why Study Computerization? -- Studying Computing Ethnographically in South Yorkshire -- The Methods Used to Study Computing in Sheffield -- Describing Computerization -- Computerization of Work -- Computing and Jobs -- Computerization and the Reproduction of Symbols -- Analyzing Computing Structurally -- Theorizing Computerization -- The National State and Computerization -- Sheffield Computerization and the World Political Economy -- Computerization and the Region -- Making Computerization -- Culture-Centered Computing and Local Policy -- Computing and Gender -- Class, Culture, Computing, and Politics

Summary

The experiences of the people in Sheffield and South Yorkshire have much to teach us about what technology does and what we can do to control it. Computing Myths, Class Realities will be of interest not only to anthropologists and sociologists but to all scholars interested in the social correlates of computing.

Product details

• Authors: Hakken David, Barbara Andrews, David Hakken
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.06.2019
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780367016043
• ISBN: 978-0-367-01604-3
• Pages: 265
• Subjects: Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, WO, follow, telecommunications, Industrial sociology, ICL, Labor Studies, nuclear disarmament, Computer technology, Young Man, sociotechnical systems, life forms, num, ethnographic research methods, Contemporary Societies, gender and technology, digital workplace transformation, Working Class Culture, Youth Training Scheme, Educational Association, technology impact on working class communities, world political economy, Sheffield Region, South Yorkshire County Council, Manpower Service Commission Programs, Computing Policy, Computerization Movement, Working Class People, Primary Productive Activity