Prototype Nation - China and the Contested Promise of Innovation

A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did China's mass manufacturing and "copycat" production become transformed, in the global tech imagination, from something holding the nation back to one of its key assets? Prototype Nation offers a rich transnational analysis of how the promise

About the author

Silvia M. Lindtner is associate professor of information at the University of Michigan. She is the cofounder of Hacked Matter and associate director of the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC). Twitter @yunnia

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A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did China's mass manufacturing and "copycat" production become transformed, in the global tech imagination, from something holding the nation back to one of its key assets? Prototype Nation offers a rich transnational analysis of how the promise

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"Prototype Nation is an interesting, informative reading, fulfilling its self-declared goals of contributing to critical theory a detailed, richly documented analysis of the struggles, violences, and alternative narratives Lindtner’s informants negotiated in prototyping themselves and supporting the prototyping of others."---Juan M. del Nido, Anthropos Journal

Product details

• Authors: Silvia M. Lindtner
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780691179483
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17948-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; China, Disruptive Innovation, Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Technology: general issues, Digital lifestyle, Business innovation, Communication Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Impact of science & technology on society, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Impact of science and technology on society, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / General, Cultural and media studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Digital TV & media centres: consumer/user guides