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Divining a Digital Future - by Paul Dourish & Genevieve Bell (Paperback)

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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.
  • About the Author: Paul Dourish is Chancellor's Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine.
  • 264 Pages
  • Computers + Internet, Computer Science

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A sociotechnical investigation of ubiquitous computing as a research enterprise and as a lived reality.



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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.



About the Author



Paul Dourish is Chancellor's Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction and coauthor of Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing, both published by the MIT Press.

Genevieve Bell is an Intel Fellow and the Director of Intel's first user-focused research and development lab, Interactions and Experiences Research.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.84 Inches (H) x 5.69 Inches (W) x .58 Inches (D)
Weight: .76 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Computers + Internet
Sub-Genre: Computer Science
Publisher: MIT Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Paul Dourish & Genevieve Bell
Language: English
Street Date: January 10, 2014
TCIN: 1000101462
UPC: 9780262525893
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-3770
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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