Computing Myths, Class Realities

An Ethnography of Technology and Working People in Sheffield, England

AvDavid Hakken

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This book presents a study of computing in an economically transforming city in the north of England to look at how new information technologies effect and are affected by a historically vibrant working-class culture. It is about the extensive change, taking place in contemporary societies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-07
Mått:152 x 223 x 18 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:265
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367165918

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Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction -- Studying Computerization -- Why Study Computerization? -- Studying Computing Ethnographically in South Yorkshire -- The Methods Used to Study Computing in Sheffield -- Describing Computerization -- Computerization of Work -- Computing and Jobs -- Computerization and the Reproduction of Symbols -- Analyzing Computing Structurally -- Theorizing Computerization -- The National State and Computerization -- Sheffield Computerization and the World Political Economy -- Computerization and the Region -- Making Computerization -- Culture-Centered Computing and Local Policy -- Computing and Gender -- Class, Culture, Computing, and Politics