Computers in Swedish Society
Documenting Early Use and Trends
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book describes and analyzes a project collecting the stories of some 700 people on how computing transformed Swedish society between 1950 and 1980; explores the interaction of computing with broad transformation in economies, cultures, and societies.
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This book describes and analyzes a project collecting the stories of some 700 people on how computing transformed Swedish society between 1950 and 1980; explores the interaction of computing with broad transformation in economies, cultures, and societies.
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This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines how the relevant sources can be created, collected, preserved, and disseminated. The text describes and evaluates a project in Sweden that documented the stories of around 700 people. The book also provides a critical discussion on the interpretation of oral evidence, presenting three case studies on how this evidence can inform us about the interaction of computing with large-scale transformations in economies, cultures, and societies. Features: describes a historiography aimed at addressing the question of how computing shaped and transformed Swedish society between 1950 and 1980; presents a user-centered perspective on the history of computing, after explaining the benefits of such an approach; examines the documentation of users, describing novel and innovative documentation methods; discusses the pros and cons of collaborative projects between academia and industry.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Computers in Swedish Society “
Background and Theoretical Assumptions- Introduction
- Toward a User Perspective in the Historiography of Computing
- But Who Is the User?
- Introducing the "Elite" User
- The Need for Documenting the Recent Past
- Creating Oral and Written Sources
- Documenting History of Computing
- Approaching the (Elite) User
Documenting the Use of Computers
- The Mutual Shaping of Methodology and Organization
- Reflections on Methodology
- Conducting Oral History Interviews and Witness Seminars
- Acquiring Written Recollections and Designing the Writers' Web
- Created and Collected Sources
- Contextualizing the Process of Documentation
- Concluding Observations
Oral Evidence and the Swedish Historiography of Computing
- Interpreting Oral Evidence
- Career Patterns, Social Networks, and Flows of Knowledge
- Users and Uses of Technology
- The Materiality and Geography of Computing
- Conclusions
Appendices
- List of Created and Collected Sources
- List of Meta-Documentation
- Formal Description of Organization and Work Process
- Participants in the Project
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Per Lundin
- 2014, 2012, VIII, 148 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 24 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 1447158571
- ISBN-13: 9781447158578
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
From the book reviews:"Computers in Swedish Society has something of interest to anyone planning an oral history project (particularly one around technology), and to those interested in the early adoption of computers or in the role of users in shaping technology. For oral historians there is much valuable practical advice and methodological discussion, particularly around the comparison of different means of personal testimony gathering." (Thomas Lean, Oral History, Vol. 42 (2), 2014)
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