Slow Computing : Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives

Rob Kitchin

ISBN 10: 1529211263 / ISBN 13: 9781529211269

Published by Bristol University Press, 2020

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Digital technologies should be making life easier. And to a large degree they are, but they also accelerate our lives affecting our well-being and determining our life chances.Is it then possible to experience the joy and benefits of computing in a way that asserts individual and collective autonomy Drawing on the ideas of the slow movement , Slow Computing sets out numerous practical and political means to take back control and counter the more pernicious effects of living digital lives.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Slow Computing : Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529211263
• ISBN 13: 9781529211269
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 213W x 140H x 14D millimeters 213 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 315 grams

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Synopsis

Digital technologies should be making life easier. And to a large degree they are, transforming everyday tasks of work, consumption, communication, travel and play. But they are also accelerating and fragmenting our lives affecting our well-being and exposing us to extensive data extraction and profiling that helps determine our life chances.

Initially, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown seemed to create new opportunities for people to practice ‘slow computing’, but it quickly became clear that it was as difficult, if not more so, than during normal times.

Is it then possible to experience the joy and benefits of computing, but to do so in a way that asserts individual and collective autonomy over our time and data?

Drawing on the ideas of the ‘slow movement’, Slow Computing sets out numerous practical and political means to take back control and counter the more pernicious effects of living digital lives.

About the Author

Rob Kitchin is a Professor in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland. He is author/editor of a number of books about technology and society and is a recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences.