Code/Space: Software and Everyday Life (Software Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (858 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262525917 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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(CHOICE)This is an important book about a growing trend that has received relatively little scholarly attention within planning, geography and regional studies…Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge are leading scholars on cyberspace, information and code and they masterfully use this expertise to present an accessible and extremely lucid argument as to why software matters. (Matthew Zook Regional Studies) . This is a critical work for anyone interested in the social relations of software and computers
Examples of code/space include airport check-in areas, networked offices, and cafés that are transformed into workspaces by laptops and wireless access. From the digital alarm clock that wakes us to the air traffic control system that guides our plane in for a landing, software is shaping our world: it creates new ways of undertaking tasks, speeds up and automates existing practices, transforms social and economic relations, and offers new forms of cultural activity, personal empowerment, and modes of play. After little more than half a century since its initial development, computer code is extensively and intimately woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. And, finally, they issue a manifesto, calling for critical scholarship into the production and workings of code rather than simply the technologies it enables -- a new kind of social science focused on explaining the social, economic, and spatial contours of software.. The production of space, they argue, is increasingl
"A great interdisciplinary exploration of the role software plays in producing spatiality" according to fryjord. I am an academic who studies various mobile technologies from a spatial perspective. Kitchin and Dodge's concept of "code/space" has now becomea key part of the theoretical framework I use in my work. Their book does an excellent drop drawing from concepts in human geoegraphy and software studies to show how software of various types is helping produce our space differently.I think this is essential reading for anyone interested in the interrelationship between tech
Rob Kitchin is Professor of Human Geography and Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis at the National University of Maynooth, Ireland.Martin Dodge is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester's School of Environment and Development.