Upcoming Seminar: Decoding Power Relations in Computing Technologies
This joint seminar features two perspectives on how power relations have become embedded in computer technologies. Beginning with the early history of computers, Janet Abbate examines how computers were metaphorically described as “giant brains.” Brain imagery encouraged the public to believe that computers had remarkable powers, while simultaneously obscuring the skilled labor of human programmers … Continue reading “Upcoming Seminar: Decoding Power Relations in Computing Technologies”