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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808192803321

Autore

Dourish Paul

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011

ISBN

1-283-11902-1

9786613119025

0-262-29534-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BellGenevieve

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Ubiquitous computing

Computer networks - Social aspects - Forecasting

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

Introduction: the myth and mess of ubiquitous computing -- Contextualizing ubiquitous computing -- Making room for the social and cultural -- A role of ethnography: methodology and theory -- What lies beneath -- Mobility and urbanism -- Rethinking privacy -- Domesticity and its discontents -- Reimagining ubiquitous computing: a conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the authors' collaboration, this book takes seriously the need to understand ubicomp not only technically but also culturally, socially politically and economically.