1st Edition
Engines of Order A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques
By Bernhard Rieder
Copyright 2020
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
Software has become a key component of contemporary life and algorithms that rank, classify, or recommend are everywhere. Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative character of software and retraces the historical trajectories of a series of algorithmic techniques that have become the building blocks for... Read more
Acknowledgements, Credits, Introduction, Part I, 1. Engines of Order, 2. Rethinking Software, 3. Software-Making and Algorithmic Techniques, Part II, 4. From Universal Classification to a Postcoordinated Universe, 5. From Frequencies to Vectors, 6. Interested Learning, 7. Calculating Networks: from Sociometry to PageRank, Conclusion: Toward Technical Culture, Index.
Biography
Bernhard Rieder is Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and a collaborator with the Digital Methods Initiative.
