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An anthropology of futures and technologies / edited by Debora Lanzeni, Karen Waltorp, Sarah Pink, Rachel Charlotte Smith.

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Book
Contributor:
Lanzeni, Débora, editor.
Waltorp, Karen, editor.
Pink, Sarah, editor.
Smith, Rachel C., editor.
Taylor & Francis eBooks
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Technological forecasting.
Social prediction.
Anthropology--Research.
Anthropology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (193 p.)
Place of Publication:
Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: An Anthropology of Futures and Technologies
An Anthropology of Technologies
A Future-Oriented Anthropology
Methods for Anthropologies of Futures and Technologies
Horizons for the Anthropology of Futures and Technologies
Note
References
1 Complicating Futures
Introduction
Visions of Technological Future(s)
Ethnographic Co-Envisioning
Catalysing Co-Envisioning
5 Stars
Co-envisioning as Anthropological Practice
Conclusion
Multi-engineering and an Anthropology of Futures
4 Digital Anticipation
Child Protection Social Work as a Fieldwork Site
Contingency
Anticipation
Ethics
Digital Media Phenomenology as Intervention
Acknowledgments
5 Algorithmic Futures and the Unsettled Sense of Care
Profiles for Everybody
Falling Apart and Repaired
Toward Not-Knowing
Fostering Care
Aftermath
Conclusions
6 Organising Artificial Intelligence and Representing Work
Introduction
Towards a Data-Driven Tax Administration
Fieldwork
Theoretical-analytical Resources for Situating AI
Work in the Customs Inspection
Discussion
Conclusion
7 Making Sense of Sensors
Smart Building: Control Or Care?
Thousands of Sensors Under One Roof
Thickening the Big Data
"It's Too Cold!"
What Sensors Reveal
The Game of Death
Making the Sensor Happy
Trick, No Treat
Taking Back Control
Notes
8 Flying Drones as a Gendered Matter of Concern
Methodology: Bringing Insights to Policymakers and Matters of Concern to the Public
Sensing Privacy and Distance in a New Digital-Material Environment?
Female Modesty and the Male Gaze
Drones as a Gendered Matter of Concern
Conclusion: Thoughts On the Future of Drones and Sharing Our Environment With Them
9 Future Mobility Solutions?
Ethnography as Ethics
Autonomous Driving Cars
Mobility as a Service
Intervention
References
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Jan 4th, 2023).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
10 Eco-Sensory Technologies and the Surrealist Impulse
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Lanzeni, Débora An Anthropology of Futures and Technologies
ISBN:
9781000182729
100018272X
9781003084471
1003084478
Publisher Number:
99993699034
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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