Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques
Software has become a key component of contemporary life and algorithms that rank, classify, or recommend are everywhere. Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative character of software and retraces the historical trajectories of a series of algorithmic techniques that have become the building blocks for contemporary practices of ordering. Developed in opposition to centuries of library tradition, these techniques instantiate dynamic, perspectivist, and interested forms of knowing. Embedded in technical infrastructures and economic logics, they have become engines of order that transform how we arrange information, ideas, and people.
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Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques
Software has become a key component of contemporary life and algorithms that rank, classify, or recommend are everywhere. Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative character of software and retraces the historical trajectories of a series of algorithmic techniques that have become the building blocks for contemporary practices of ordering. Developed in opposition to centuries of library tradition, these techniques instantiate dynamic, perspectivist, and interested forms of knowing. Embedded in technical infrastructures and economic logics, they have become engines of order that transform how we arrange information, ideas, and people.
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Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques

Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques

by Bernhard Rieder
Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques
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Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques

Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques

by Bernhard Rieder

Overview

Software has become a key component of contemporary life and algorithms that rank, classify, or recommend are everywhere. Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative character of software and retraces the historical trajectories of a series of algorithmic techniques that have become the building blocks for contemporary practices of ordering. Developed in opposition to centuries of library tradition, these techniques instantiate dynamic, perspectivist, and interested forms of knowing. Embedded in technical infrastructures and economic logics, they have become engines of order that transform how we arrange information, ideas, and people.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040792179
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/01/2025
Series: Recursions
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Bernhard Rieder is Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and a collaborator with the Digital Methods Initiative.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Credits, Introduction, Part I, 1. Engines of Order, 2. Rethinking Software, 3. Software-Making and Algorithmic Techniques, Part II, 4. From Universal Classification to a Postcoordinated Universe, 5. From Frequencies to Vectors, 6. Interested Learning, 7. Calculating Networks: from Sociometry to PageRank, Conclusion: Toward Technical Culture, Index.
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