1st Edition
Oral Histories of the Internet and the Web
Oral Histories of the Internet and the Web: An Introduction
Niels Brügger and Gerard Goggin
Section 1: The internet
1. Tell us about... (Vinton Cerf, Steve Crocker, Abhaya Induruwa, Dennis Jennings, John Klensin, Gerard Le Lann, Paul Mockapetris and Ted Nelson)
2. Conversations with a pioneer: Paul Baran in his own words
3. Conversation with a pioneer: Leonard Kleinrock on the early days of networking, the ARPANET...and winning in Las Vegas
4. Conversation with a pioneer: Larry Roberts on how he led the design and construction of the ARPANET
Section 2: Global perspectives
5. French memories about the ARPANET: a conversation with Michel Élie and Gérard Le Lann
6. 25 Years of the Internet in Central America: an interview with Guy de Téramond
7. The real "poor man’s Arpanet"? A conversation about Unix networks with Kilnam Chon, godfather of the Asian Internet
8. "The internet and the European market" from a multidisciplinary perspective: a "round-doc" discussion
9. Viviane Reding on her action in the field of the information society and media (2004-2010)
Section 3: The web and digital cultures
10. Behind the scenes: an interview with Pierre Beyssac
11. Interfacing counterculture and digital cultures: an interview with Geert Lovink
12. "I am an engineer and therefore a radical": an interview with Lee Felsenstein, from Free Speech Movement technician to Homebrew Computer Club moderator
13. Interview with Aleksandra Kaminska
Section 4: Methods
14. The historical trajectories of algorithmic techniques: an interview with Bernhard Rieder
15. Internet histories and computational methods: a "round-doc" discussion
Biography
Niels Brügger is a professor of media studies at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Gerard Goggin is the Wee Kim Wee Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia.
