Computers in Swedish Society

Documenting Early Use and Trends

Per Lundin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

148 Seiten

2014
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4471-5857-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Background and Theoretical Assumptions.- Documenting the Use of Computers.- Oral Evidence and the Swedish Historiography of Computing.- Appendices.Oral Evidence and the Swedish Historiography of Computing.- Appendices.Oral Evidence and the Swedish Historiography of Computing.- Appendices.

Reihe/Serie	History of Computing
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 148 p.
Verlagsort	England
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
ISBN-10	1-4471-5857-1 / 1447158571
ISBN-13	978-1-4471-5857-8 / 9781447158578
Zustand	Neuware