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21A.350J / SP.484J / STS.086J / WGS.484J The Anthropology of Computing, Fall 2004

dc.contributor.authorHelmreich, Stefanen_US
dc.coverage.temporalFall 2004en_US
dc.date.issued2004-12
dc.identifier21A.350J-Fall2004
dc.identifierlocal: 21A.350J
dc.identifierlocal: SP.484J
dc.identifierlocal: STS.086J
dc.identifierlocal: WGS.484J
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-695bd3109970ac7c6e70affc60c0a1a1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75796
dc.description.abstractThis course examines computers anthropologically, as meaningful tools revealing the social and cultural orders that produce them. We read classic texts in computer science along with works analyzing links between machines and culture. We explore early computation theory and capitalist manufacturing; cybernetics and WWII operations research; artificial intelligence and gendered subjectivity; the creation and commodification of the personal computer; the hacking aesthetic; non-Western histories of computing; the growth of the Internet as a military, academic, and commercial project; the politics of identity in cyberspace; and the emergence of "evolutionary" computation.en_US
dc.languageen-USen_US
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dc.subjectComputingen_US
dc.subjectmachines and cultureen_US
dc.subjectcomputation theoryen_US
dc.subjectcyberneticsen_US
dc.subjectoperations researchen_US
dc.subjectartifical intelligenceen_US
dc.subjectpersonal computeren_US
dc.subjectcommodificationen_US
dc.subjecthackingen_US
dc.subjecthackeren_US
dc.subjectInterneten_US
dc.subjectcyberspaceen_US
dc.subjectindentity in cyberspaceen_US
dc.subjectcosmologyen_US
dc.subjectclockworken_US
dc.subjectCharles Babbageen_US
dc.subjectAda Lovelaceen_US
dc.subjectIndustrial Revolutionen_US
dc.subjectcalculating machineen_US
dc.subjectcodingen_US
dc.subjectcold waren_US
dc.subjectAlan Turingen_US
dc.subjectAfrican mathematical systemsen_US
dc.subjectcountercultureen_US
dc.subjectPCen_US
dc.subjectgamingen_US
dc.subjectopen sourceen_US
dc.subjectfree softwareen_US
dc.subjectsoftwareen_US
dc.subject21A.350Jen_US
dc.subject21A.350en_US
dc.subjectSP.484Jen_US
dc.subjectSP.484en_US
dc.subjectSTS.086Jen_US
dc.subjectSTS.086en_US
dc.title21A.350J / SP.484J / STS.086J / WGS.484J The Anthropology of Computing, Fall 2004en_US
dc.title.alternativeThe Anthropology of Computingen_US


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