Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Insolvent by Christoph Becker "This book proposes a framework for the design of systems that will advance social and environmental justice along with technical and economic objectives"-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How we can enact meaningful change in computing to meet the urgent need for sustainability and justice.How we can enact meaningful change in computing to meet the urgent need for sustainability and justice.The deep entanglement of information technology with our societies has raised hope for a transition to more sustainable and just communities-those that phase out fossil fuels, distribute public goods fairly, allow free access to information, and waste less. In principle, computing should be able to help. But in practice, we live in a world in which opaque algorithms steer us toward misinformation and unsustainable consumerism. Insolvent shows why computings dominant frame of thinking is conceptually insufficient to address our current challenges, and why computing continues to incur societal debts it cannot pay back. Christoph Becker shows how we can reorient design perspectives in computer science to better align with the values of sustainability and justice.Becker positions the role of information technology and computing in environmental sustainability, social justice, and the intersection of the two, and explains why designing IT for just sustainability is both technically and ethically challenging . Becker goes on to argue that computing could be aided by critical friends-disciplines that draw on critical social theory, feminist thought, and systems thinking-to make better sense of its role in society. Finally, Becker demonstrates that it is possible to fuse critical perspectives with work in computer science, showing new and fruitful directions for computing professionals and researchers to pursue. Author Biography Christoph Becker is Associate Professor of Information, Director of the Digital Curation Institute, and a member of the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto. He is also cofounder of the Karlskrona Initiative for Sustainability Design. Table of Contents Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: Just Sustainability Design 1I Is Computing Insolvent?1 The Design of Sustainability 292 Just Sustainabilities and the Debts of Computing 573 The Myths of Computing 774 Problemism: The Insolvency of Computational Thinking 109II Restructuring5 Computings Critical Friends 1276 Software is Never Neutral: How Do Values Become Facts? 1537 People are More Than Rational: Beware the Normative Fallacy 1678 Problems are Framings: The Discordant Pluralism of Just Sustainability Design 193III Reorienting Systems Design9 Leverage Points for Change: From Insolvent Computing to Just Sustainability Design 21310 Critical Requirements Practice 22511 Searching for Just, Sustainable Design Decisions 25512 A Silicone Ring: Social Responsibility and Collective Action 279Conclusion: This Changes Computing 297Notes 307References 323Index 371 Details ISBN0262545608 Author Christoph Becker Short Title Insolvent Pages 320 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0262545608 ISBN-13 9780262545600 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-06-06 Subtitle How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability Publisher MIT Press Ltd Imprint MIT Press Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-06-06 NZ Release Date 2023-06-06 US Release Date 2023-06-06 UK Release Date 2023-06-06 Illustrations 20 black and white illustrations DEWEY 303.4834 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:142377293;
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