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Program Earth: Environmental Sensing Technology and the Making of a Computational Planet
Jennifer Gabrys
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Description for Program Earth: Environmental Sensing Technology and the Making of a Computational Planet
Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
Sensors are everywhere. Small, flexible, economical, and computationally powerful, they operate ubiquitously in environments. They compile massive amounts of data, including information about air, water, and climate. Never before has such a volume of environmental data been so broadly collected or so widely available. Grappling with the consequences of wiring our world, Program Earth examines how sensor technologies are programming our environments. As Jennifer Gabrys points out, sensors do not merely record information about an environment. Rather, they generate new environments and environmental relations. At the same time, they give a voice to the entities they monitor: ... Read more
Sensors are everywhere. Small, flexible, economical, and computationally powerful, they operate ubiquitously in environments. They compile massive amounts of data, including information about air, water, and climate. Never before has such a volume of environmental data been so broadly collected or so widely available. Grappling with the consequences of wiring our world, Program Earth examines how sensor technologies are programming our environments. As Jennifer Gabrys points out, sensors do not merely record information about an environment. Rather, they generate new environments and environmental relations. At the same time, they give a voice to the entities they monitor: ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Electronic Mediations
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816693146
SKU
V9780816693146
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About Jennifer Gabrys
Jennifer Gabrys is a reader in sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics.
Reviews for Program Earth: Environmental Sensing Technology and the Making of a Computational Planet
Full of stimulating ideas and provocative reframings of environmental concerns that are sure to spark further research. -American Journal of Sociology Readers will revel in extensively written case studies as well as the contemplative opportunity to challenge, with renewed conceptual tools, the urgent notion of the environment. -Cultural Geographies Jennifer Gabrys' ... Read more