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Slow Computing Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University)

Slow Computing By Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University)

Slow Computing by Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University)


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Is it 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.

Slow Computing Summary

Slow Computing: Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives by Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University)

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 Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University)

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. Alistair Fraser is a Lecturer in Geography in Maynooth University, Ireland. His research engages diverse themes, including rural change, food, music, and digital life.

Table of Contents

Living Digital Lives Accelerating Life Monitoring Life Personal Strategies of Slow Computing Slow Computing Collectively An Ethics of Digital Care Towards a More Balanced Digital Society

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GOR011825521
9781529211269
1529211263
Slow Computing: Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives by Rob Kitchin (Maynooth University)
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Paperback
Bristol University Press
20200924
224
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