Slow Computing - Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives

Digital technologies should be making life easier. And to a large degree they are, but they also accelerate our lives affecting our well-being and determining our life chances.
Is it then possible to experience the joy and benefits of computing in a way that asserts individual and collective autonomy?



Drawing on the ideas of the 'slow movement', Slow Computing sets out numerous practical and political means to take back control and counter the more pernicious effects of living digital lives.

About the author

Rob Kitchin is a Professor in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland. He is author/editor of a number of books about technology and society, and is a recipient of the Royal Irish Academy's Gold Medal for the Social Sciences. Alistair Fraser is a Lecturer in Geography in Maynooth University, Ireland. His research engages diverse themes, including rural change, food, music, and digital life.

Summary

Is it possible to experience the joy and benefits of computing in a way that asserts individual and collective autonomy? Drawing on the ideas of the 'slow movement', Slow Computing sets out numerous practical and political means to take back control and counter the more pernicious effects of living digital lives.

Product details

• Authors: Alistair Fraser, Alistair (Maynooth University) Fraser, Rob Kitchin, Rob (Maynooth University) Kitchin
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781529211269
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-1126-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 315 g
• Subjects: Guides; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)