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Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing
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A sociotechnical investigation of ubiquitous computing as a research enterprise and as a lived reality. Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a “third wave” of computing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp is characterized by small and powerful computing devices that are worn, carried, or embedded in the world around us. The ubicomp research agenda originated at Xerox PARC in the late 1980s; these days, some form of that vision is a reality for the millions of users of Internet-enabled phones, GPS devices, wireless networks, and "smart" domestic appliances. In Divining a Digital Future, computer scientist Paul Dourish and cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell explore the vision that has driven the ubiquitous computing research program and the contemporary practices that have emerged—both the motivating mythology and the everyday messiness of lived experience. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the authors' collaboration, the book takes seriously the need to understand ubicomp not only technically but also culturally, socially, politically, and economically. Dourish and Bell map the terrain of contemporary ubiquitous computing, in the research community and in daily life; explore dominant narratives in ubicomp around such topics as infrastructure, mobility, privacy, and domesticity; and suggest directions for future investigation, particularly with respect to methodology and conceptual foundations.
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“This multifaceted approach enables researchers to gather rich insights into how technology is embedded within the social and cultural contexts of the workplace (Dourish and Bell 2011).”
AI-Driven Innovation in Russian Youth Policy: Strategies, Mechanisms, and Practices
Евгеньевна, С. К., Maltseva, D., & Fedotov, D. A. (2025) · RUDN Journal of Political Science · doi:10.22363/2313-1438-2025-27-3-590-605 · Cited by 2
“Дополнительную сложность представляет необходимость адаптации ИИ-систем к динамично меняющемуся социокультурному контексту [Dourish, Bell 2011].”
Gao, Z., & Thebault-Spieker, J. (2026) · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1145/3788058 · Cited by 2
“RQ1 How can the multidimensional nature of “localness” be operationalized into a robust framework RQ2 Using this framework, to what extent can current LLMs accurately represent different aspects RQ3 What geographical and social biases exist in LLMs’ representation of localness, particularly”
Kinsley, S. (2013) · Dialogues in Human Geography · doi:10.1177/2043820613497311 · Cited by 2
“…the automatic production of space (Graham, 2005; Thrift and French, 2002), computer scientists studying human-computer interaction (Dourish, 2004; Dourish and Bell, 2011) and humanities scholars critically reflecting on computation and software (Berry, 2011; Fuller, 2005, 2008; Manovich, 2001).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Dourish, P., & Bell, G.
- Venue
- The MIT Press eBooks
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 2011-04-22
- OpenAlex
- W4236509012
- Cited by
- 510
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 63 · 2016: 48 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 20
- FWCI
- 24.61
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The MIT Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Keywords
- ubiquitous computing, Xerox PARC, mobile devices, smart appliances, wireless networks, privacy, mobility, domesticity, infrastructure, conceptual foundations, digital future
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