Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media by Jacqueline Wernimont (English

Description: Numbered Lives by Jacqueline Wernimont A feminist media history of quantification, uncovering the stories behind the tools and technologies we use to count, measure, and weigh our lives and realities. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A feminist media history of quantification, uncovering the stories behind the tools and technologies we use to count, measure, and weigh our lives and realities.Anglo-American culture has used media to measure and quantify lives for centuries. Historical journal entries map the details of everyday life, while death registers put numbers to lifes endings. Today we count our daily steps with fitness trackers and quantify births and deaths with digitized data. How are these present-day methods for measuring ourselves similar to those used in the past? In this book, Jacqueline Wernimont presents a new media history of western quantification, uncovering the stories behind the tools and technologies we use to count, measure, and weigh our lives and realities.Numbered Lives is the first book of its kind, a feminist media history that maps connections not only between past and present-day "quantum media" but between media tracking and long-standing systemic inequalities. Wernimont explores the history of the pedometer, mortality statistics, and the census in England and the United States to illuminate the entanglement of Anglo-American quantification with religious, imperial, and patriarchal paradigms. In Anglo-American culture, Wernimont argues, counting life and counting death are sides of the same coin-one that has always been used to render statistics of life and death more valuable to corporate and state organizations. Numbered Lives enumerates our shared media history, helping us understand our digital culture and inheritance. Author Biography Jacqueline D. Wernimont is Distinguished Chair of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement and Associate Professor of Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College. Details ISBN0262039044 Author Jacqueline Wernimont ISBN-10 0262039044 ISBN-13 9780262039048 Format Hardcover Audience Age 18 Imprint MIT Press Subtitle Life and Death in Quantum Media Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Country of Publication United States DEWEY 302.23 Edited by Celia Pearce Affiliation Dartmouth College Position Distinguished Chair of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-01-01 Short Title Numbered Lives Language English UK Release Date 2019-01-01 AU Release Date 2019-01-01 NZ Release Date 2019-01-01 US Release Date 2019-01-01 Illustrations 50 b&w photos Pages 232 Publisher MIT Press Ltd Alternative 9780262350181 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Media Origins 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! TheNile_Item_ID:123703096;

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