The Machine in Me
July 9, 1998
Subtitle | An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers |
Publisher | Routledge |
EAN/ISBN | 978-0415920216 |
Release Date | 1998-07-09 |
Author(s) | Gary Lee Downey |
Summary | "[T]his book makes an important contribution to the larger project of theorizing the relationship between technology and society. Downey prods readers to rethink the cultural boundary between technology and humanity and focuses much-needed attention on the dynamics of technology-in-use." – Technology and Culture
"A musing and insightful observations about industry trade shows, sharp criticism of the national rhetoric of productivity in the United States in the 1980s." –Technology and Culture |