Reference : Computers and Computing in Society
Scientific journals : Book review
Arts & humanities : History
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41576
Computers and Computing in Society
English
Schafer, Valerie mailto [University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > >]
14-Jan-2020
NTM
Birkhauser Verlag
Yes
International
0036-6978
Switzerland
[en] history ; computing ; book review
[en] This review essay aims to highlight some of these recent trends within the history of computing and information technology through the consideration of three recently published books : 1/ Frank Bösch (Ed.) 2018. Wege in die Gesellschaft. Computernutzung in der Bundesrepublik (1955–1990). Geschichte der Gegenwart, Bd. 20. Göttingen: Wallstein, geb.; 2/ Marie Hicks 2017. Programmed Inequality. How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 3/ Joy Lisi Rankin 2018. A People’s History of Computing in the United States. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
They are increasingly opening up to approaches that are oriented towards society and actors, whether the latter are producers, regulators, users, or even maintainers. This is achieved with historical rigour by the authors, who highlight the history of a field that is not only scientific, technical, industrial and economic, but also profoundly social, and which is marked by multiple debates, negotiations and power relationships.
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41576
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00048-019-00238-3

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