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Hostility by Design - by Sally Wyatt (Paperback)

Name: Hostility by Design - by Sally Wyatt (Paperback)
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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
About the Author: Sally Wyatt is Professor Emerita of Digital Cultures at the Maastricht University Science, Technology and Society Studies research programme.
176 Pages
Social Science,

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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Technologies are not created hostile, but they can become so. Through neglect, austerity or repurposing, the systems that shape our lives can cause profound harm to people, animals, and physical and social environments in ways their creators neither anticipated nor acknowledged.

Drawing on examples spanning border control, welfare systems, urban design and AI, this provocative collection introduces the concept of technological innocence: the obliviousness that allows bias and hostility to flourish unchallenged.

Moving beyond naïve design ethics, it offers scholars, designers and policy makers a powerful new vocabulary for confronting the darker consequences of technological choice.

About the Author

Sally Wyatt is Professor Emerita of Digital Cultures at the Maastricht University Science, Technology and Society Studies research programme.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W)

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 176

Genre: Social Science

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Sally Wyatt

Language: English

Street Date: January 1, 2027

TCIN: 1011216279

UPC: 9781529260786

Item Number (DPCI): 247-00-3468

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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A: This book is categorized under the social science genre, focusing on technology and society.
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A: The author is Sally Wyatt, a Professor Emerita of Digital Cultures at Maastricht University.
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A: The book explores how technologies can become hostile through neglect and repurposing, impacting people and environments.
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