00997cam0-2200337---450 99000829698040332120200130115934.088-87017-28-x000829698FED01000829698(Aleph)000829698FED0100082969820060316d2005----km-y0itay50------baitaITa-------001yyArchitettura nell'era elettronicaAlessandra MuntoniRomaMancosu editore2005333 p.ill.17 cmGrandi Tascabili di ArchitetturaArchitettura contemporaneaciberspazioMuntoni,Alessandra<1940- >24117ITUNINARICAUNIMARCBK990008296980403321ARCH A 20715095FARBCARCH A 24419299FARBCFONDO ROSSI 168ROSSI 171FARBCFARBCArchitettura nell'era elettronica746359UNINA04723oam 2200661Ma 450 99624829460331620190503073401.00-262-52596-80-262-29829-5(CKB)2550000000088238(OCoLC)772592946(CaPaEBR)ebrary10521946(SSID)ssj0000688339(PQKBManifestationID)11405528(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688339(PQKBWorkID)10761437(PQKB)11697112(MiAaPQ)EBC3339354(OCoLC)772592946(OCoLC)842286043(OCoLC)939263766(OCoLC)961618248(OCoLC)962691377(OCoLC)966228576(OCoLC)972002567(OCoLC)984521101(OCoLC)987953829(OCoLC)988537833(OCoLC)991924407(OCoLC)993116368(OCoLC)1027510180(OCoLC)1030913303(OCoLC)1037908624(OCoLC)1038653936(OCoLC)1047784800(OCoLC)1055344209(OCoLC)1057635057(OCoLC)1058161387(OCoLC)1065941169(OCoLC)1078020404(OCoLC)1081179429(OCoLC)1086479044(OCoLC)1097279604(OCoLC)1097332977(OCoLC-P)772592946(MaCbMITP)8417(Au-PeEL)EBL3339354(CaPaEBR)ebr10521946(OCoLC)939263766(EXLCZ)99255000000008823820120110d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCybernetic revolutionaries technology and politics in Allende's Chile /Eden MedinaCambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20111 online resource0-262-01649-4 0-262-29738-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Technological and political visions -- Cybernetics and socialism -- cybernetics in the battle for production -- Designing a network -- Constructing the liberty machine -- The October strike -- Cybersyn goes public -- Conclusion : technology, politics, history.A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the simultaneous attempt to build a computer system that would manage Chile's economy. Neither vision was fully realized--Allende's government ended with a violent military coup; the system, known as Project Cybersyn, was never completely implemented--but they hold lessons for today about the relationship between technology and politics.Drawing on extensive archival material and interviews, Medina examines the cybernetic system envisioned by the Chilean government--which was to feature holistic system design, decentralized management, human-computer interaction, a national telex network, near real-time control of the growing industrial sector, and modeling the behavior of dynamic systems. She also describes, and documents with photographs, the network's Star Trek-like operations room, which featured swivel chairs with armrest control panels, a wall of screens displaying data, and flashing red lights to indicate economic emergencies.Studying project Cybersyn today helps us understand not only the technological ambitions of a government in the midst of political change but also the limitations of the Chilean revolution. This history further shows how human attempts to combine the political and the technological with the goal of creating a more just society can open new technological, intellectual, and political possibilities. Technologies, Medina writes, are historical texts; when we read them we are reading history.Government business enterprisesComputer networksChileGovernment ownershipChileCyberneticsPolitical aspectsChileChilePolitics and government1970-1973Case studiesChileEconomic conditions1970-1973Case studiesSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/GeneralSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of TechnologyCOMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer InteractionGovernment business enterprisesComputer networksGovernment ownershipCyberneticsPolitical aspects303.48/33098309047Medina Eden1976-994111OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK996248294603316Cybernetic revolutionaries2276731UNISA