Divining a digital future : mess and mythology in ubiquitous computing / Paul Dourish and Genevieve Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dourish, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ubiquitous computing.

Computers--Social aspects--Forecasting.

Computers.

Computers--Social aspects.

Forecasting.

Physical Description:

x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2014?]

Summary:

Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" of computing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp is characterized by small and powerful computing devices that are worn, carried, or embedded in the world around us. The ubicomp research agenda originated at Xerox PARC in the late 1980s; these days, some form of that vision is a reality for the millions of users of Internet-enabled phones, GPS devices, wireless networks, and "smart" domestic appliances. In Divining a Digital Future, computer scientist Paul Dourish and cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell explore the vision that has driven the ubiquitous computing research program and the contemporary practices that have emerged-both the motivating mythology and the everyday messiness of lived experience. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Myth and Mess of Ubiquitous Computing 1

I 7

2 Contextualizing Ubiquitous Computing 9

3 Making Room for the Social and Cultural 45

4 A Role for Ethnography: Methodology and Theory 61

II 91

5 What Lies Beneath 95

6 Mobility and Urbanism 117

7 Rethinking Privacy 137

8 Domesticity and Its Discontents 161

III 185

9 Reimagining Ubiquitous Computing: A Conclusion 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-243) and index.

ISBN:

0262525895

9780262525893

OCLC:

861323082