Chinese Characters Are Futuristic and the Alphabet Is Old News - The Atlantic
Of potential interest to many. I always appreciate work that decenters the myth of Western (American, typically) primacy in tech. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/chinese-computers/5048... --- S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com
Way to go, Tom! Thanks for sharing, Sarah. Best, Marie ______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net | @histoftech Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing www.programmedinequality.com On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Sarah T. Roberts <sarah.roberts@ucla.edu> wrote: Of potential interest to many. I always appreciate work that decenters the myth of Western (American, typically) primacy in tech. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/chinese-computers/5048... --- S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
I agree, and note that this builds on such as this amazing essay that (I presume) previews his forthcoming book on the topic, which goes into a lot more detail than the Atlantic piece: "The Moveable Typewriter: How Chinese Typists Developed Predictive Text during the Height of Maoism" https://history.stanford.edu/publications/moveable-typewriter-how-chinese-ty... David On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:46 AM, M. Hicks <mhicks1@iit.edu> wrote:
Way to go, Tom!
Thanks for sharing, Sarah.
Best,
Marie
______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net <http://www.mariehicks.net/> | @histoftech <http://twitter.com/histoftech> *Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing* www.programmedinequality.com
On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Sarah T. Roberts <sarah.roberts@ucla.edu> wrote:
Of potential interest to many. I always appreciate work that decenters the myth of Western (American, typically) primacy in tech.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/ chinese-computers/504851/
---
S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D.
Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/
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And it's probably also worth re-pointing-out that Tom will be one of our keynotes this year (along with Kavita Philip) at the special meeting of SIGCIS being held in March at the Computer History Museum. See here for more info: http://meetings.sigcis.org/ Additional invited speakers include Safiya Noble (UCLA), Mitali Thakor (Northwestern), and Sreela Sarkar (Santa Clara U). If you'd like to present at the meeting proposals are due Dec 30th. Best, Marie ______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net | @histoftech Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing www.programmedinequality.com On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:52 AM, David Golumbia <dgolumbia@gmail.com> wrote: I agree, and note that this builds on such as this amazing essay that (I presume) previews his forthcoming book on the topic, which goes into a lot more detail than the Atlantic piece: "The Moveable Typewriter: How Chinese Typists Developed Predictive Text during the Height of Maoism" https://history.stanford.edu/publications/moveable-typewriter-how-chinese-ty... David
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:46 AM, M. Hicks <mhicks1@iit.edu> wrote: Way to go, Tom!
Thanks for sharing, Sarah.
Best,
Marie
______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net | @histoftech Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing www.programmedinequality.com
On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Sarah T. Roberts <sarah.roberts@ucla.edu> wrote:
Of potential interest to many. I always appreciate work that decenters the myth of Western (American, typically) primacy in tech.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/chinese-computers/5048...
---
S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D.
Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/
Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
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wow, really wish I could attend that! On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:07 AM, M. Hicks <mhicks1@iit.edu> wrote:
And it's probably also worth re-pointing-out that Tom will be one of our keynotes this year (along with Kavita Philip) at the special meeting of SIGCIS being held in March at the Computer History Museum.
See here for more info: http://meetings.sigcis.org/
Additional invited speakers include Safiya Noble (UCLA), Mitali Thakor (Northwestern), and Sreela Sarkar (Santa Clara U).
If you'd like to present at the meeting proposals are due Dec 30th.
Best,
Marie
______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net <http://www.mariehicks.net/> | @histoftech <http://twitter.com/histoftech> *Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing* www.programmedinequality.com
On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:52 AM, David Golumbia <dgolumbia@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree, and note that this builds on such as this amazing essay that (I presume) previews his forthcoming book on the topic, which goes into a lot more detail than the Atlantic piece:
"The Moveable Typewriter: How Chinese Typists Developed Predictive Text during the Height of Maoism" https://history.stanford.edu/publications/moveable-typewriter-how-chinese- typists-developed-predictive-text-during-height-maoism
David
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:46 AM, M. Hicks <mhicks1@iit.edu> wrote:
Way to go, Tom!
Thanks for sharing, Sarah.
Best,
Marie
______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu | mariehicks.net <http://www.mariehicks.net/> | @histoftech <http://twitter.com/histoftech> *Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing* www.programmedinequality.com
On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Sarah T. Roberts <sarah.roberts@ucla.edu> wrote:
Of potential interest to many. I always appreciate work that decenters the myth of Western (American, typically) primacy in tech.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/chines e-computers/504851/
---
S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D.
Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/
Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
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Thanks for these kinds words! I'm very much looking forward to the upcoming CHM conference. For anyone in the South Bay/Bay Area, and who has interest, I'll be speaking tonight at Adobe for IMUG: *The China i18n Challenge: Western #Fails in Type, Typewriters, & Computers* http://www.meetup.com/IMUG-Silicon-Valley/events/226641322/ Ever since the mass manufacture of keyboard typewriters began in the United States, companies like Remington and Underwood imagined a day when this new device would conquer the Chinese language in the same way it had practically every living script across the world. It never did. Ever since the invention and popularization of hot metal printing in the United States and Europe, companies like Linotype and Monotype dreamt of a day when their technologies would conquer the Chinese language, just as they had Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Devanagari, Hebrew, Korean, and over one hundred other scripts. They never did. Ever since the advent of personal computing, companies like IBM and others imagined a day when Chinese keyboards would behave "just like ours," even including the familiar QWERTY keyboard. They never did (even though QWERTY is now ubiquitous). Drawing upon over a decade of research on modern Chinese information technology, Tom Mullaney of Stanford University <https://history.stanford.edu/people/tom-mullaney> will reflect upon the vital importance of history and culture in the process of technological internationalization, particularly in China. Dr. Mullaney is the author of two forthcoming books from MIT Press, /The Chinese Typewriter: A Global History of the Information Age, Part I/, to be published next year, followed by /The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age, Part II/. On 11/17/16 9:09 AM, David Golumbia wrote:
wow, really wish I could attend that!
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:07 AM, M. Hicks <mhicks1@iit.edu <mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu>> wrote:
And it's probably also worth re-pointing-out that Tom will be one of our keynotes this year (along with Kavita Philip) at the special meeting of SIGCIS being held in March at the Computer History Museum.
See here for more info: http://meetings.sigcis.org/ <http://meetings.sigcis.org/>
Additional invited speakers include Safiya Noble (UCLA), Mitali Thakor (Northwestern), and Sreela Sarkar (Santa Clara U).
If you'd like to present at the meeting proposals are due Dec 30th.
Best,
Marie
______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu <mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu> | mariehicks.net <http://www.mariehicks.net/> | @histoftech <http://twitter.com/histoftech> /Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing/ www.programmedinequality.com <http://www.programmedinequality.com/>
On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:52 AM, David Golumbia <dgolumbia@gmail.com <mailto:dgolumbia@gmail.com>> wrote:
I agree, and note that this builds on such as this amazing essay that (I presume) previews his forthcoming book on the topic, which goes into a lot more detail than the Atlantic piece:
"The Moveable Typewriter: How Chinese Typists Developed Predictive Text during the Height of Maoism" https://history.stanford.edu/publications/moveable-typewriter-how-chinese-ty... <https://history.stanford.edu/publications/moveable-typewriter-how-chinese-typists-developed-predictive-text-during-height-maoism>
David
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:46 AM, M. Hicks <mhicks1@iit.edu <mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu>> wrote:
Way to go, Tom!
Thanks for sharing, Sarah.
Best,
Marie
______________________ Marie Hicks, Ph.D. Asst. Professor, History of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL USA mhicks1@iit.edu <mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu> | mariehicks.net <http://www.mariehicks.net/> | @histoftech <http://twitter.com/histoftech> /Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing/ www.programmedinequality.com <http://www.programmedinequality.com/>
On Nov 17, 2016, at 10:21 AM, Sarah T. Roberts <sarah.roberts@ucla.edu <mailto:sarah.roberts@ucla.edu>> wrote:
Of potential interest to many. I always appreciate work that decenters the myth of Western (American, typically) primacy in tech.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/chinese-computers/5048... <http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/chinese-computers/504851/>
---
S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D.
Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/
Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com <http://illusionofvolition.com/> _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org <http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ <http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/> and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org <http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org>
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Tom Mullaney