The Machine in Me : An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers

Name: The Machine in Me
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415920216
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780415920216

by Gary Lee Downey

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0415920213

ISBN-13 9780415920216

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 7th, 1998

Print length 302 Pages

Weight 590 grams

Product Classification: Social groups, communities and identities Social groups Anthropology Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI)Human-computer interaction Human–computer interaction

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This remarkable ethnography of computer engineers documents the everyday power of technology's dominant image in society, and suggests that if we see ourselves as part machine, and machine as part human, we will understand its limitations too.

Gary Lee Downey investigates the body/machine interface in his remarkable ethnography of computer engineers. Drawing on interviews, observations and personal interaction with engineers, he documents the everyday power of technology''s dominant image in our society, a force widely regarded as monolithically progressive. The Machine in Me will lead the reader to understand how deeply connected we are to The Machine and how beneficial it would be for us to really understand ourselves and machines as partially configured of the other--we as part machine, machines as part human. In this way, we can begin to see both the power and limitations of technology.

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