UID:
almahu_9949420091802882
Umfang:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781000833959
,
100083395X
,
9781000833973
,
1000833976
,
9781003341185
,
1003341187
Serie:
Routledge focus on IT & society
Inhalt:
How do cables and data centers think? This book investigates how information infrastructures enact particular forms of knowledge. It juxtaposes the pervasive logics of speed, efficiency, and resilience with more communal and ecological ways of thinking and being, turning technical solutions back into open questions about what society wants and what infrastructures should do. Moving from data centers in Hong Kong to undersea cables in Singapore and server clusters in China, Munn combines rich empirical material with insights drawn from media and cultural studies, sociology, and philosophy. This critical analysis stresses that infrastructures are not just technical but deeply epistemological, privileging some actions and actors while sidelining others. This innovative exploration of the values and visions at the heart of our technologies will interest students, scholars, and researchers in the areas of communication studies, digital media, technology studies, sociology, philosophy of technology, information studies, and geography.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9781000833973
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 1032374152
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781032374154
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781003341185
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003341185
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