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Record Nr.

UNINA9910537384903321

Autore

Kitchin Rob

Titolo

Code/space : software and everyday life / / Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2011

ISBN

0-262-29487-7

1-283-14805-6

9786613148056

0-262-29523-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 290 p.) : ill., map

Collana

Software studies

Altri autori (Persone)

DodgeMartin <1971->

Disciplina

303.48/34

Soggetti

Computers and civilization

Computer software - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing code/space -- The nature of software -- Remaking everyday objects -- The transduction of space -- Automated management -- Software, empowerment, and creativity -- Air travel -- Home -- Consumption -- The promise of everyware -- A manifesto for software studies.

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of the ways that software creates new spatialities in everyday life, from supermarket checkout lines to airline flight paths.