202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms. It takes a middle ground between theories that give the algorithm a singular and stable meaning in using it as a central analytic category for contemporary society and theories that dissolve the term into the details of empirical studies.
The book discusses algorithms in relation to hardware and... Read more
Part I
1. Towards a relational theory of algorithms
2. Algorithms as relational from the beginning: three historical sketches
3. Theorizing complimentary abstractions: from ontological to radical situatedness
Part II
4. Algorithms and Material Conditions
5. Algorithms and Code
6. Algorithms and Data
7. Algorithms and Subjects
8. Algorithms and Humans
9. Conclusion
Biography
Tobias Matzner is a professor for Digital Cultures and Digital Humanities at Paderborn University, Germany. His research focuses on the intersections of technology, culture, and politics, with a particular focus on algorithms and machine learning.
