Countering the Cloud - Thinking With and Against Data Infrastructures

This book investigates how information infrastructures enact particular forms of knowledge. It juxtaposes the logics of speed, efficiency, and resilience with communal and ecological ways of thinking and being, turning technical "solutions" back into open questions about what society wants and what infrastructures should do.

List of contents

1. Epistemic Infrastructure; 2. Fast & Slow Knowledge; 3. Efficiency & Waste; 4. Resilience & Failure; 5. Epilogue: Alternative Infrastructure; Acknowledgements; Index

About the author

Luke Munn is a media studies scholar based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand. His research investigates the sociocultural impacts of digital cultures and their broader intersections with race, politics, and the environment. He is the author of Unmaking the Algorithm, Logic of Feeling, and Automation is a Myth.

Summary

This book investigates how information infrastructures enact particular forms of knowledge. It juxtaposes the logics of speed, efficiency, and resilience with communal and ecological ways of thinking and being, turning technical “solutions” back into open questions about what society wants and what infrastructures should do.

Product details

• Authors: Luke Munn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032376424
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237642-4
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Routledge Focus on IT & Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, computer science, The arts, Humanities, Communication Studies, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, Human Geography, Computer networking & communications, Media, Information & Communication Industries, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, Computer networking and communications