21A.350J / SP.484J / STS.086J / WGS.484J The Anthropology of Computing, Fall 2004

21A.350J / SP.484J / STS.086J / WGS.484J The Anthropology of Computing, Fall 2004

This course examines computers anthropologically, as meaningful tools revealing the social and cultural orders that produce them. We read classic texts in computer science along with works analyzing links between machines and culture. We explore early computation theory and capitalist manufacturing;...

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Main Author: Helmreich, Stefan
Language:en-US
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Computing
machines and culture
computation theory
cybernetics
operations research
artifical intelligence
personal computer
commodification
hacking
hacker
Internet
cyberspace
indentity in cyberspace
cosmology
clockwork
Charles Babbage
Ada Lovelace
Industrial Revolution
calculating machine
coding
cold war
Alan Turing
African mathematical systems
counterculture
PC
gaming
open source
free software
software
21A.350J
21A.350
SP.484J
SP.484
STS.086J
STS.086
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75796

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