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