Engines of Order A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques

Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative character of software and retraces the historical trajectories of a series of algorithmic techniques that have become the building blocks for contemporary practice...

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Main Author: Rieder, Bernhard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Amsterdam University Press 2020
Routledge
Taylor & Francis
Edition:1
Series:Recursions
Subjects:
Algorithms
COMPUTERS
Cultural and media studies
Data processing Computer science
History
History and Archaeology
information ordering
Information Theory
Language Arts & Disciplines
Library & Information Science
media archaeology
Media studies
Programming
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
software studies
algorithms, information ordering, media archaeology, software studies
Epistemology
Library & Information Science
COMPUTERS
Programming
South
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Media studies
AUP Wetenschappelijk
Information architecture
Algorithms and data structures
Science and Technology
Information Theory
Algorithms
PHILOSOPHY
General
Algorithms & data structures
Film, Media, and Communication
Philosophy and Ethics
ISBN:9462986193, 9789462986190, 9789048537419, 904853741X, 9781041178750, 1041178751, 104077749X, 9781040777497, 1040792170, 9781040792179, 9781003694786, 1003694780
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I 1. Engines of Order 2. Rethinking Software 3. Software-Making and Algorithmic Techniques Part II 4. From Universal Classification to a Postcoordinated Universe 5. From Frequencies to Vectors 6. Interested Learning 7. Calculating Networks: From Sociometry to PageRank Conclusion: Toward Technical Culture About the Author Index Title Page, Copyright