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Information Ecologies

Using Technology with Heart

By: Bonnie A. Nardi,Vicki O'Day

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Information Ecologies

Using Technology with Heart

By: Bonnie A. Nardi,Vicki O'Day

A call for informed, responsible engagement with information technology at the local level. The common rhetoric about technology falls into two extreme categories: uncritical acceptance or blanket rejection. Claiming a middle ground, Bonnie Nardi and Vicki O'Day call for responsible, informed engagement with technology in local settings, which they call information ecologies. An information ecology is a system of people, practices, technologies, and values in a local environment. Nardi and O'Day encourage the reader to become more aware of the ways people and technology are interrelated. They draw on their empirical research in offices, libraries, schools, and hospitals to show how people can engage their own values and commitments while using technology.

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Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

By: Hamid R. Ekbia,Bonnie A. Nardi

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Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

By: Hamid R. Ekbia,Bonnie A. Nardi

An exploration of a new division of labor between machines and humans, in which people provide value to the economy with little or no compensation. The computerization of the economy—and everyday life—has transformed the division of labor between humans and machines, shifting many people into work that is hidden, poorly compensated, or accepted as part of being a “user” of digital technology. Through our clicks and swipes, logins and profiles, emails and posts, we are, more or less willingly, participating in digital activities that yield economic value to others but little or no return to us. Hamid Ekbia and Bonnie Nardi call this kind of participation—the extraction of economic value from low-cost or free labor in computer-mediated networks—“heteromation.” In this book, they explore the social and technological processes through which economic value is extracted from digitally mediated work, the nature of the value created, and what prompts people to participate in the process. Arguing that heteromation is a new logic of capital accumulation, Ekbia and Nardi consider different kinds of heteromated labor: communicative labor, seen in user-generated content on social media; cognitive labor, including microwork and self-service; creative labor, from gaming environments to literary productions; emotional labor, often hidden within paid jobs; and organizing labor, made up of collaborative groups such as citizen scientists. Ekbia and Nardi then offer a utopian vision: heteromation refigured to bring end users more fully into the prosperity of capitalism.

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0262036258

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A Small Matter of Programming

Perspectives on End User Computing

By: Bonnie A. Nardi

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A Small Matter of Programming

Perspectives on End User Computing

By: Bonnie A. Nardi

Analyzes cognitive, social and technical issues of end user programming. Drawing on empirical research on existing end user systems, this text examines the importance of task-specific programming languages, visual application frameworks and collaborative work practices for end user computing.

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0262140535

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Acting with Technology

Activity Theory and Interaction Design

By: Victor Kaptelinin,Bonnie A. Nardi

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Acting with Technology

Activity Theory and Interaction Design

By: Victor Kaptelinin,Bonnie A. Nardi

A systematic presentation of activity theory, its application to interaction design, and an argument for the development of activity theory as a basis for understanding how people interact with technology. Activity theory holds that the human mind is the product of our interaction with people and artifacts in the context of everyday activity. Acting with Technology makes the case for activity theory as a basis for understanding our relationship with technology. Victor Kaptelinin and Bonnie Nardi describe activity theory's principles, history, relationship to other theoretical approaches, and application to the analysis and design of technologies. The book provides the first systematic entry-level introduction to the major principles of activity theory. It describes the accumulating body of work in interaction design informed by activity theory, drawing on work from an international community of scholars and designers. Kaptelinin and Nardi examine the notion of the object of activity, describe its use in an empirical study, and discuss key debates in the development of activity theory. Finally, they outline current and future issues in activity theory, providing a comparative analysis of the theory and its leading theoretical competitors within interaction design: distributed cognition, actor-network theory, and phenomenologically inspired approaches.

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Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

By: Hamid R. Ekbia,Bonnie A. Nardi

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By: Hamid R. Ekbia,Bonnie A. Nardi

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My Life as a Night Elf Priest

An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft

By: Bonnie Nardi

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My Life as a Night Elf Priest

An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft

By: Bonnie Nardi

Ever since the creators of the animated television show South Park turned their lovingly sardonic gaze on the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft for an entire episode, WoW's status as an icon of digital culture has been secure. My Life as a Night Elf Priest digs deep beneath the surface of that icon to explore the rich particulars of the World of Warcraft player's experience." —Julian Dibbell, Wired "World of Warcraft is the best representative of a significant new technology, art form, and sector of society: the theme-oriented virtual world. Bonnie Nardi's pioneering transnational ethnography explores this game both sensitively and systematically using the methods of cultural anthropology and aesthetics with intensive personal experience as a guild member, media teacher, and magical quest Elf." —William Sims Bainbridge, author of The Warcraft Civilization and editor of Online Worlds “Nardi skillfully covers all of the hot button issues that come to mind when people think of video games like World of Warcraft such as game addiction, sexism, and violence. What gives this book its value are its unexpected gems of rare and beautifully detailed research on less sensationalized topics of interest such as the World of Warcraft player community in China, game modding, the increasingly blurred line between play and work, and the rich and fascinating lives of players and player cultures. Nardi brings World of Warcraft down to earth for non-players and ties it to social and cultural theory for scholars. . . . the best ethnography of a single virtual world produced so far.” —Lisa Nakamura, University of Illinois World of Warcraft rapidly became one of the most popular online world games on the planet, amassing 11.5 million subscribers—officially making it an online community of gamers that had more inhabitants than the state of Ohio and was almost twice as populous as Scotland. It's a massively multiplayer online game, or MMO in gamer jargon, where each person controls a single character inside a virtual world, interacting with other people's characters and computer-controlled monsters, quest-givers, and merchants. In My Life as a Night Elf Priest, Bonnie Nardi, a well-known ethnographer who has published extensively on how theories of what we do intersect with how we adopt and use technology, compiles more than three years of participatory research in Warcraft play and culture in the United States and China into this field study of player behavior and activity. She introduces us to her research strategy and the history, structure, and culture of Warcraft; argues for applying activity theory and theories of aesthetic experience to the study of gaming and play; and educates us on issues of gender, culture, and addiction as part of the play experience. Nardi paints a compelling portrait of what drives online gamers both in this country and in China, where she spent a month studying players in Internet cafes. Bonnie Nardi has given us a fresh look not only at World of Warcraft but at the field of game studies as a whole. One of the first in-depth studies of a game that has become an icon of digital culture, My Life as a Night Elf Priest will capture the interest of both the gamer and the ethnographer. Bonnie A. Nardi is an anthropologist by training and a professor in the Department of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focus is the social implications of digital technologies. She is the author of A Small Matter of Programming: Perspectives on End User Computing and the coauthor of Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart and Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design. Cover art by Jessica Damsky

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University of Michigan Press

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0472026712

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Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide

By: Ian MacFarlane,Patricia McCarthy Veach,Bonnie LeRoy

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Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide

By: Ian MacFarlane,Patricia McCarthy Veach,Bonnie LeRoy

Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide is the first text devoted to research methodology in genetic counseling. This text offers step-by-step guidance for conducting research, from the development of a question to the publication of findings. Genetic counseling examples, user-friendly worksheets, and practical tips guide readers through the research and publication processes. With a highly accessible, pedagogical approach, this book will help promote quality research by genetic counselors and research supervisors--and in turn, increase the knowledge base for genetic counseling practice, other aspects of genetic counseling service delivery, and professional education. It will be an invaluable resource to the next generation of genetic counseling and its surrounding disciplines.

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Oxford University Press

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0199359113

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Medieval Mothering

By: Bonnie Wheeler

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Medieval Mothering

By: Bonnie Wheeler

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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1134822782

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Prime-Time Feminism

Television, Media Culture, and the Women's Movement Since 1970

By: Bonnie J. Dow

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Prime-Time Feminism

Television, Media Culture, and the Women's Movement Since 1970

By: Bonnie J. Dow

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Dow discusses a wide variety of television programming and provides specific case studies of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, One Day at a Time, Designing Women, Murphy Brown, and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. She juxtaposes analyses of genre, plot, character development, and narrative structure with the larger debates over feminism that took place at the time the programs originally aired. Dow emphasizes the power of the relationships among television entertainment, news media, women's magazines, publicity, and celebrity biographies and interviews in creating a framework through which television viewers "make sense" of both the medium's portrayal of feminism and the nature of feminism itself.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812215540

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Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

A Handbook of Method, Updated Edition

By: Tom Boellstorff,Bonnie Nardi,Celia Pearce,T. L. Taylor

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Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

A Handbook of Method, Updated Edition

By: Tom Boellstorff,Bonnie Nardi,Celia Pearce,T. L. Taylor

A practical guide to the ethnographic study of online cultures, and beyond Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind—a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods to study online virtual worlds, including both game and nongame environments. Written by leading ethnographers of virtual worlds, and focusing on the key method of participant observation, the book provides invaluable advice, tips, guidelines, and principles to aid researchers through every stage of a project, from choosing an online fieldsite to writing and publishing the results. Provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame Draws on research in a range of virtual worlds, including Everquest, Second Life, There.com, and World of Warcraft Provides suggestions for dealing with institutional review boards, human subjects protocols, and ethical issues Guides the reader through the full trajectory of ethnographic research, from research design to data collection, data analysis, and writing up and publishing research results Addresses myths and misunderstandings about ethnographic research, and argues for the scientific value of ethnography

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Princeton University Press

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0691264864

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Activity Theory in HCI

Fundamentals and Reflections

By: Victor Kaptelinin,Bonnie Nardi

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Activity Theory in HCI

Fundamentals and Reflections

By: Victor Kaptelinin,Bonnie Nardi

Activity theory -- a conceptual framework originally developed by Aleksei Leontiev -- has its roots in the socio-cultural tradition in Russian psychology. The foundational concept of the theory is human activity, which is understood as purposeful, mediated, and transformative interaction between human beings and the world. Since the early 1990s, activity theory has been a visible landmark in the theoretical landscape of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Along with some other frameworks, such as distributed cognition and phenomenology, it established itself as a leading post-cognitivist approach in HCI and interaction design. In this book we discuss the conceptual foundations of activity theory and its contribution to HCI research. After making the case for theory in HCI and briefly discussing the contribution of activity theory to the field (Chapter One) we introduce the historical roots, main ideas, and principles of activity theory (Chapter Two). After that we present in-depth analyses of three issues which we consider of special importance to current developments in HCI and interaction design, namely: agency (Chapter Three), experience (Chapter Four), and activity-centric computing (Chapter Five). We conclude the book with reflections on challenges and prospects for further development of activity theory in HCI (Chapter Six). Table of Contents: Introduction: Activity theory and the changing face of HCI / Basic concepts and principles of activity theory / Agency / Activity and experience / Activity-centric computing / Activity theory and the development of HCI

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Acting with Technology

Activity Theory and Interaction Design

By: Victor Kaptelinin,Bonnie A. Nardi

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Activity Theory and Interaction Design

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A Small Matter of Programming

Perspectives on End User Computing

By: Bonnie A. Nardi

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Perspectives on End User Computing

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My Life as a Night Elf Priest

An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft

By: Bonnie Nardi

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An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft

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Activity Theory in HCI

Fundamentals and Reflections

By: Victor Kaptelinin,Bonnie Nardi

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Fundamentals and Reflections

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Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

A Handbook of Method, Updated Edition

By: Tom Boellstorff,Bonnie Nardi,Celia Pearce,T. L. Taylor

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A Handbook of Method, Updated Edition

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Information Ecologies

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Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

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A Small Matter of Programming

A Small Matter of Programming

Acting with Technology

Acting with Technology

Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

Heteromation, and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism

My Life as a Night Elf Priest

My Life as a Night Elf Priest

Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide

Genetic Counseling Research: A Practical Guide

Medieval Mothering

Medieval Mothering

Prime-Time Feminism

Prime-Time Feminism

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

Activity Theory in HCI

Activity Theory in HCI

Acting with Technology

Acting with Technology

A Small Matter of Programming

A Small Matter of Programming

My Life as a Night Elf Priest

My Life as a Night Elf Priest

Activity Theory in HCI

Activity Theory in HCI

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

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