The Machine in Me : An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415920221
ISBN-13
9780415920223
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 groupsAnthropologyArtificial intelligenceHuman-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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