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UNREAL OBJECTS
DIGITAL MATERIALITIES, TECHNOSCIENTIFIC PROJECTS AND POLITICAL REALITIES |
| By: |
Kate O'Riordan |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
178680056X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781786800565 |
| Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 July, 2017 |
| Series: |
Digital Barricades: Interventions in Digital Culture and Politics |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Unpacks the political economy of new science and technology projects, and the implications for a utopian future |
| Synopsis: |
Science and technology are playing increasingly important roles in our lives. New projects in development today will fundamentally shape the world around us, and manipulate our lived experience. But how and why are such important scientific and technological projects chosen, and what are the consequences of this process?In this book, Kate O'Riordan answers these crucial question. She discovers that many objects, such as genomes and genomic projects, smart grids, de-extinction projects and biosensors cannot be granted scientific legitimacy and developed without extraordinary amounts of media, public relations, celebrity endorsements and private investment.As a result of these filters, only certain projects take centre stage when it comes to funding and political attention. O'Riordan calls these `unreal objects' - scientific projects and technologies where utopian visions for the future are combined with investment and materialisation in the here and now. This attention to these unreal objects hides many current social issues, especially injustices and inequalities. At the same time they conjure utopian visions for how life might be improved. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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