Digital Rubbish : A Natural History of Electronics /

"This is a study of the material life of information and its devices; of electronic waste in its physical and electronic incarnations; a cultural and material mapping of the spaces where electronics in the form of both hardware and information accumulate, break down, or are stowed away. Electro...

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Huvudupphovsman: Gabrys, Jennifer
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
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  • ""Contents ""; ""Introduction: A Natural History of Electronics ""; ""1. Silicon Elephants: The Transformative Materiality of Microchips ""; ""2. Ephemeral Screens: Exchange at the Interface ""; ""3. Shipping and Receiving: Circuits of Disposal and the ""Social Death"" of Electronics ""; ""4. Museum of Failure: The Mutability of Electronic Memory ""; ""5. Media in the Dump: Salvage Stories and Spaces of Remainder ""; ""Conclusion: Digital Rubbish Theory ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""