The Cultures of Computing

by Susan Leigh Star (Editor)

This is one of the first collections exploring the range of cultural practices associated with the design and use of computing. Against the background of the "information revolution," the volume shows how people come to computers as learners, artists, teachers, designers, gatekeepers, or scientists. The contributors cover a range of topics, from the military to gender in cyberspace, from education to multi-national corporate IT use.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Susan Leigh Star was an American sociologist. She specialized in the study of information in modern society; information worlds; information infrastructure; classification and standardization; sociology of science; sociology of work and the history of science, medicine, technology, and communication/information systems. She commonly used the qualitative methods methodology and feminist theory approach.