Mundania

How and Where Technologies Are Made Ordinary

Robert Willim (Lund University)

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English

Bristol University Press
24 January 2024

Communication studies; Material culture; Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; History of engineering & technology; Ethical & social aspects of computing

Digital services, platforms and arrangements are often promoted as smooth and convenient, smart or intelligent. When introduced, devices can appear utterly fascinating or awkward, even disquieting. Eventually, however, they soon disappear in the muddle of everyday life. This is how Mundania takes form.

Based on original research, this book uses the concept of mundania to better understand technological change. Scholar-artist Robert Willim deftly unpacks the interplay between everyday life and the immense complexity of technological infrastructures.

Offering imaginative new insights into our relationship with technology, this book will appeal to readers in a range of fields from science and technology and media studies to the arts.

By: Robert Willim (Lund University)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Abridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529221442
ISBN 10: 1529221447
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 24 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Robert Willim is an Artist and Associate Professor of Digital Cultures and Ethnology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at Lund University.