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Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing

Dourish, Paul, Bell, Genevieve·2011·The MIT Press eBooks

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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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Authors: Dourish, P., & Bell, G.
ORCID: Dourish, Paul
Bell, Genevieve
Venue: The MIT Press eBooks
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2011-04-22
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9780262015554.001.0001
OpenAlex: W4236509012
Cited by: 510
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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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