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Record Nr.

UNINA9910888001103321

Autore

Gabrys Jennifer

Titolo

Digital rubbish : natural history of electronics / / Jennifer Gabrys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, Mich. : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2011

ISBN

9780472029402

0472029401

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

363.72/88

Soggetti

Electronic waste

Electronic apparatus and appliances - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents ""; ""Introduction: A Natural History of Electronics ""; ""1. Silicon Elephants: The Transformative Materiality of Microchips ""; ""2. Ephemeral Screens: Exchange at the Interface ""; ""3. Shipping and Receiving: Circuits of Disposal and the ""Social Death"" of Electronics ""; ""4. Museum of Failure: The Mutability of Electronic Memory ""; ""5. Media in the Dump: Salvage Stories and Spaces of Remainder ""; ""Conclusion: Digital Rubbish Theory ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""