Information Ecologies Using Technology with Heart

Nardi, Bonnie A./ O'Day, Vicki

ISBN 10: 0262640422 / ISBN 13: 9780262640428

Published by Mit Pr, 2000

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reprint edition. 244 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Information Ecologies Using Technology with Heart
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262640422
• ISBN 13: 9780262640428
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.4 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

A call for informed, responsible engagement with information technology at the local level.

The common rhetoric about technology falls into two extreme categories: uncritical acceptance or blanket rejection. Claiming a middle ground, Bonnie Nardi and Vicki O'Day call for responsible, informed engagement with technology in local settings, which they call information ecologies. An information ecology is a system of people, practices, technologies, and values in a local environment. Nardi and O'Day encourage the reader to become more aware of the ways people and technology are interrelated. They draw on their empirical research in offices, libraries, schools, and hospitals to show how people can engage their own values and commitments while using technology.

About the Author

Bonnie A. Nardi is Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and Cofounder of Center for Research in Sustainability, Collapse-preparedness, and Information Technology there. She is the coauthor of Acting with Technology (MIT Press).