Code/Space: Software and Everyday Life

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Rob Kitchin (National University of Ireland Maynooth) Martin Dodge (Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester)

Code/Space

Software and Everyday Life

Rob Kitchin (National University of Ireland Maynooth), Martin Dodge (Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester), Matthew Fuller (David Gee Reader in Digital Media, Goldsmiths College, University of London) , Lev Manovich (City University of New York)

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English

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
10 January 2014

Society & Social Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society; Human geography; Software Engineering; Information visualisation

Series: Software Studies

An analysis of the ways that software creates new spatialities in everyday life, from supermarket checkout lines to airline flight paths.

After little more than half a century since its initial development, computer code is extensively and intimately woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. From the digital alarm clock that wakes us to the air traffic control system that guides our plane in for a landing, software is shaping our world- it creates new ways of undertaking tasks, speeds up and automates existing practices, transforms social and economic relations, and offers new forms of cultural activity, personal empowerment, and modes of play. In Code/Space, Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge examine software from a spatial perspective, analyzing the dyadic relationship of software and space. The production of space, they argue, is increasingly dependent on code, and code is written to produce space. Examples of code/space include airport check-in areas, networked offices, and cafes that are transformed into workspaces by laptops and wireless access. Kitchin and Dodge argue that software, through its ability to do work in the world, transduces space. Then Kitchin and Dodge develop a set of conceptual tools for identifying and understanding the interrelationship of software, space, and everyday life, and illustrate their arguments with rich empirical material. And, finally, they issue a manifesto, calling for critical scholarship into the production and workings of code rather than simply the technologies it enables-a new kind of social science focused on explaining the social, economic, and spatial contours of software.

An analysis of the ways that software creates new spatialities in everyday life, from supermarket checkout lines to airline flight paths.

After little more than half a century since its initial development, computer code is extensively and intimately woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. From the digital alarm clock that wakes us to the air traffic control system that guides our plane in for a landing, software is shaping our world- it creates new ways of undertaking tasks, speeds up and automates existing practices, transforms social and economic relations, and offers new forms of cultural activity, personal empowerment, and modes of play. In Code/Space, Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge examine software from a spatial perspective, analyzing the dyadic relationship of software and space. The production of space, they argue, is increasingly dependent on code, and code is written to produce space. Examples of code/space include airport check-in areas, networked offices, and cafes that are transformed into workspaces by laptops and wireless access. Kitchin and Dodge argue that software, through its ability to do work in the world, transduces space. Then Kitchin and Dodge develop a set of conceptual tools for identifying and understanding the interrelationship of software, space, and everyday life, and illustrate their arguments with rich empirical material. And, finally, they issue a manifesto, calling for critical scholarship into the production and workings of code rather than simply the technologies it enables-a new kind of social science focused on explaining the social, economic, and spatial contours of software.

By: Rob Kitchin (National University of Ireland Maynooth), Martin Dodge (Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester)
Series edited by: Matthew Fuller (David Gee Reader in Digital Media Goldsmiths College University of London), Lev Manovich (City University of New York), Noah Wardrip-Fruin (Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California Santa Cruz)
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780262525916
ISBN 10: 0262525917
Series: Software Studies
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 10 January 2014
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rob Kitchin is Professor of Human Geography and Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis at the National University of Maynooth, Ireland. Martin Dodge is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester's School of Environment and Development.

Reviews for Code/Space: Software and Everyday Life

This is a critical work for anyone interested in the social relations of software and computers. -CHOICE This is an important book about a growing trend that has received relatively little scholarly attention within planning, geography and regional studies...Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge are leading scholars on cyberspace, information and code and they masterfully use this expertise to present an accessible and extremely lucid argument as to why software matters. -Matthew Zook, Regional Studies

Winner of <PrizeName>Association of American Geographers Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography, 2011</PrizeName> 2011
Winner of <PrizeName>CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2011</PrizeName> 2011
Winner of Association of American Geographers Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography, 2011</PrizeName> 2011
Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2011 2011
Winner of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2011</PrizeName> 2011