{"product_id":"archiving-machines-isbn-9780262553247","title":"Archiving Machines","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of the rise of networked data through the evolution of archiving and digital storage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchiving Machines\u003c\/i\u003e advances our understanding of memory, information, and data by charting the struggle between the computing technologies that archive data and the cultures of information that have led to platforms that assert control over its use. Amelia Acker examines the origins of data archives and the computing processes of storage, exchange, and transmission. Each chapter introduces data archiving processes that relate to the evolution of data sovereignty we experience today: from magnetic tape and timesharing computer models from the 1950s, to the establishment of data banks and the rise of database processing and managed data silos in the 1970s, to file structures and virtual containers in cloud-based information services over the past 40 years.Contents\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e1 Archiving Data\u003cbr\u003e2 Data Punch: From Manual to Machine\u003cbr\u003e3 Making Data Programmable\u003cbr\u003e4 Data Out of Pocket: From Files to Apps\u003cbr\u003e5 Making Data with a Cell Tower\u003cbr\u003e6 Gatekeeping Access to Data\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Data at Rest\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex“Acker’s astoundingly intelligent book reveals how evolving logics of digital data storage have promoted overwhelming social, legal, and epistemic transformations. \u003ci\u003eArchiving Machines\u003c\/i\u003e is essential, foundational work for understanding modern societies.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Paul N. Edwards, Stanford University; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Closed World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Vast Machine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A generous and essential contribution for anyone seeking to understand the politics of data and digital technologies at a time when such knowledge seems more indispensable than ever.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, University of Copenhagen; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Mass Digitization\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Accessibly written and impressive in its historical breadth, \u003ci\u003eArchiving Machines\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the seismic shifts in data collection, storage, and use since the 1950s. It’s a lovely piece of work that highlights the subtle power acts designed into everyday technology.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mark Burdon, Professor, Queensland University of Technology; author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDigital Data Collection and Information Privacy Law\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAmelia Acker is Associate Professor in the School of Communication \u0026amp; Information at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232933884133,"sku":"NP9780262553247","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262553247.jpg?v=1767721745","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/archiving-machines-isbn-9780262553247","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}