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On line and on paper : visual representations, visual culture, and computer graphics in design engineering /
The role of representation in the production of technoscientific knowledge has become a subject of great interest in recent years. In this book, sociologist and art critic Kathryn Henderson offers a new perspective on this topic by exploring the impact of computer graphic systems on the visual cultu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Inside technology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Coding and Claiming : Codification and the Rise of Engineering as a Profession
- 3. The Visual Culture of Engineers : Drawing, Seeing, and Standardizing Perception
- 4. The Yellow Brick Road to Production : Development of a Turbine Engine Package
- 5. The Political Career of a Prototype : Development of a Precision Medical Instrument
- 6. Computer Graphics in Design Engineering : How and Why Changes in Visual Culture Cause Restructuring
- 7. Mixed-Use Practices : Combining the Electronic World and the Paper World
- 8. The Aura of "High Tech" in a World of Messy Practice : Standardization, Mystification, and Glamour
- 9. The Power of Visual Representations : Mixed Practices, Multivisual Competencies, and Meta-indexicals.