Code/Space Software and Everyday Life

Name: Code/Space Software and Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780262525916

ISBN-10: 0262525917

ISBN-13: 9780262525916

Edition: 2011

Authors: Rob Kitchin, Martin Dodge, Matthew Fuller, Lev Manovich, Noah Wardrip-Fruin

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After little more than half a century since its initial development, computer code isextensively and intimately woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. From the digital alarm clockthat wakes us to the air traffic control system that guides our plane in for a landing, software isshaping our world: it creates new ways of undertaking tasks, speeds up and automates existingpractices, transforms social and economic relations, and offers new forms of cultural activity,personal empowerment, and modes of play. In Code/Space, Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge examinesoftware from a spatial perspective, analyzing the dyadic relationship of software and space. Theproduction of space, they argue, is…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/10/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.05" wide x 8.98" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

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.