Description
| Product ID: | 9781032374154 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Focus on IT & Society |
| Title: | Countering the Cloud |
| Subtitle: | Thinking With and Against Data Infrastructures |
| Authors: | Author: Luke Munn |
| Page Count: | 92 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, Communication studies, History, Cultural studies, Media studies, Sociology, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Human geography, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, Digital animation, Computer networking and communications, Computer science, Communication studies, Humanities, Cultural studies, Media studies, Sociology, Media, information & communication industries, Human geography, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, Digital animation, Computer networking & communications, Computer science |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book investigates how information infrastructures enact particular forms of knowledge. It juxtaposes the logics of speed, efficiency, and resilience with communal and ecological ways of thinking and being, turning technical “solutions” back into open questions about what society wants and what infrastructures should do. How do cables and data centers think? This book investigates how information infrastructures enact particular forms of knowledge. It juxtaposes the pervasive logics of speed, efficiency, and resilience with more communal and ecological ways of thinking and being, turning technical “solutions” back into open questions about what society wants and what infrastructures should do. Moving from data centers in Hong Kong to undersea cables in Singapore and server clusters in China, Munn combines rich empirical material with insights drawn from media and cultural studies, sociology, and philosophy. This critical analysis stresses that infrastructures are not just technical but deeply epistemological, privileging some actions and actors while sidelining others. This innovative exploration of the values and visions at the heart of our technologies will interest students, scholars, and researchers in the areas of communication studies, digital media, technology studies, sociology, philosophy of technology, information studies, and geography. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-23 |
