Countering the cloud thinking with and against data infrastructures / Luke Munn.
| Author/creator | Munn, Luke, 1981- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York ; London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 92 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge focus on IT & society |
| Abstract | How do cables and data centers think? This book investigates how information infrastructures enact particular forms of knowledge. It juxtaposes the pervasive logics of speed, efficiency, and resilience with more communal and ecological ways of thinking and being, turning technical solutions back into open questions about what society wants and what infrastructures should do. Moving from data centers in Hong Kong to undersea cables in Singapore and server clusters in China, Munn combines rich empirical material with insights drawn from media and cultural studies, sociology, and philosophy. This critical analysis stresses that infrastructures are not just technical but deeply epistemological, privileging some actions and actors while sidelining others. This innovative exploration of the values and visions at the heart of our technologies will interest students, scholars, and researchers in the areas of communication studies, digital media, technology studies, sociology, philosophy of technology, information studies, and geography. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Biographical note | Luke Munn is a media studies scholar based in T♯maki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand. His research investigates the sociocultural impacts of digital cultures and their broader intersections with race, politics, and the environment. He is the author of Unmaking the Algorithm, Logic of Feeling, and Automation is a Myth. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781000833973 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022945517 |
| ISBN | 9781032374154 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1032374152 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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