Dear All, For those interested in unpacking the culturalist STS approaches that Sharon Traweek recently mentioned--topics which have more or less circulated around the UNIX/Winner discussions--I recommend checking out the Zabet Patterson book "Peripheral Vision." I haven't read it yet but I know her and I admire her work. She's also a good example of someone who works with, through, and across disciplinary lines to bring new questions forward (she's trained as an art historian but comfortable in a range of disciplinary discourses and communities). Best, Bernard On 8/26/15 2:35 AM, Ian Bogost wrote:
Hi all,
Just a note to say that we have published two new books in the MIT Press Platform Studies series, which I edit with Nick Montfort.
Peripheral Vision: Bell Labs, the S-C 4020, and the Origins of Computer Art, by Zabet Patterson, is about the Stromberg-Carlson 4020 and its use at Bell Labs in the 1960s. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/peripheral-vision
I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform, by Nathan Altice, is about Nintendo’s Famicom/NES. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/i-am-error
These books join our previous titles on Flash, the Amiga, the Nintendo Wii, and the Atari Video Computer System. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/series/platform-studies
As always, we welcome inquiries and pitches for books in the series. We’re especially interested in early general-purpose microcomputer platforms (Apple II, etc.), software platforms (Java, etc.), and current/recent platforms at risk of undocumented losses to history (Facebook Platform, etc.). But any computing system that could be construed as a platform is welcome.
Ian
Ian Bogost, Ph.D.
Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies Professor of Interactive Computing Professor, Scheller School of Business Georgia Institute of Technology
Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
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