Re: [Air-L] Internet Historiography
Hi Adam, On Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:26 +0100, Adam Fish <rawbird@gmail.com> wrote:
Anybody know of articles or books analysing 1) the political historiography of the internet. Who has criticized the historiography of the internet as being written for political gain?
These are really interesting questions. Back in 1998, Roy Rosenzweig wrote a round up of recently published histories of the internet (including Hafner & Lyon, Norberg & O'Neill, and Edwards.) Not only is it an excellent integrative review but I found it helpful for reconstructing the stakes of telling different stories about the internet at that particular moment. Rosenzweig, Roy. "Wizards, bureaucrats, warriors, and hackers: Writing the history of the Internet." The American Historical Review 103, no. 5 (1998): 1530-1552. You might also look into the various documents produced by the FCC regarding the National Broadband Plan: http://www.broadband.gov/ I'm tracing some similar ground in my diss research right now. Looking forward to hearing more about what you turn up. Kevin Driscoll PhD candidate Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California
Ah - Campbell-Kelly, M., & Aspray, W. (1996). Computer: A history of the information machine. New York: Basic Books. 2nd edition 2004. Is pretty clear about the industrial-military precedents. Likewise Abbate, Janet. (2000). Inventing the internet. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. In particular, technological advances during WWII were then harnessed to commercial enterprises (see histories of IBM) My own modest contribution in this area: Rall, Denise N. 2006. “The ‘house that Dick built’: Constructing the team that built the bomb” Research Note: Social Studies of Science 36: 943-957. Cheers, Denise Dr Denise N. Rall, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Arts & Social Sciences Chair of Textiles stream, Secretary-in-Waiting, Popular Culture Australia-New Zealand Currently in Lismore, NSW, Australia Phones - Mobile +(61)(0)438 233344 Fax +(61)(0)2 6624 5380 ________________________________ From: Kevin Driscoll <kedrisco@usc.edu> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org; rawbird@gmail.com Sent: Friday, 17 May 2013 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [Air-L] Internet Historiography Hi Adam, On Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:26 +0100, Adam Fish <rawbird@gmail.com> wrote:
Anybody know of articles or books analysing 1) the political historiography of the internet. Who has criticized the historiography of the internet as being written for political gain?
These are really interesting questions. Back in 1998, Roy Rosenzweig wrote a round up of recently published histories of the internet (including Hafner & Lyon, Norberg & O'Neill, and Edwards.) Not only is it an excellent integrative review but I found it helpful for reconstructing the stakes of telling different stories about the internet at that particular moment. Rosenzweig, Roy. "Wizards, bureaucrats, warriors, and hackers: Writing the history of the Internet." The American Historical Review 103, no. 5 (1998): 1530-1552. You might also look into the various documents produced by the FCC regarding the National Broadband Plan: http://www.broadband.gov/ I'm tracing some similar ground in my diss research right now. Looking forward to hearing more about what you turn up. Kevin Driscoll PhD candidate Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
2013/5/19 Denise N. Rall <denrall@yahoo.com>
The ‘house that Dick built’: Constructing the team that built the bomb
Very interesting references! I am researchin the history of internet and the Web BUT, when entering Latin America. If you know any documents about that I will be more than thankful. Regarding historiography, I like Briggs, A., & Burke, P. (2002). De Gutemberg a Internet: una historia social de los medios de comunicación (M. A. Galmarini, Trans.): Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara S.A. This is originally in English but I have the Spanish vesion. Also Breton, P. (1991). História da informática: São Paulo: Editora Unesp.I have the portugese version but th original is in French and with no doubt it migh be in English. And Breton, P. (1992). L'utopie de la communication. Paris: La Dácouverte essais. Same coment as above. A chilean autor, talk about the feudal inheritage in Latin america and IT, in a mixture that created three mythic scenarios for knowledge. That might be of use: Duque, R. B. (2007). How the Internet is Shaping the Chilean Scientific Community: Globalization and Dependency. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Finally, there is a document that I found interesting about the effects of IT in society: Agger, D. G., Armstrong, D. B., Boggs, J., Fein, L., Ferry, W. H., Geismar, M., . . . Worthy, W. (1964). The Triple Revolution: Cybernation - Weaponry - Human Rights. In T. A. H. C. o. t. T. Revolution (Ed.), Mississipp Freedom School Curriculum: http://educationanddemocracy.org/. Hope this will be of use and please do no forguet, if you know any sources about the Internet and Web entering Latin America I will be thankful. -- *Cristian Berrío Zapata*
A big thanks to all those submitting excellent links to my request for research on internet historiography! Best, Adam Fish, PhD Media and Cultural Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University, UK LA1 4YT p. 01524592699 a.fish2@lancaster.ac.uk<https://exchange2010.lancs.ac.uk/owa/14.2.318.2/scripts/premium/redir.aspx?C=ve_BsovocUKKVq3J-cCQjFTbKyTdLdAIFeD_obl24Vr4J3xHl3OGEr1PmK4YKjb3GZWlWi-QSas.&URL=mailto%3aa.fish2%40lancaster.ac.uk> @mediacultures, mediacultures.org http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/adam-fish(10a5067e-a828-497b-95ae-e35ed07f9ba1).html<https://exchange2010.lancs.ac.uk/owa/14.2.318.2/scripts/premium/redir.aspx?C=ve_BsovocUKKVq3J-cCQjFTbKyTdLdAIFeD_obl24Vr4J3xHl3OGEr1PmK4YKjb3GZWlWi-QSas.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.research.lancs.ac.uk%2fportal%2fen%2fpeople%2fadam-fish(10a5067e-a828-497b-95ae-e35ed07f9ba1).html> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Cristian Berrio Zapata < cristian.berrio@gmail.com> wrote:
2013/5/19 Denise N. Rall <denrall@yahoo.com>
The ‘house that Dick built’: Constructing the team that built the bomb
Very interesting references! I am researchin the history of internet and the Web BUT, when entering Latin America. If you know any documents about that I will be more than thankful.
Regarding historiography, I like Briggs, A., & Burke, P. (2002). De Gutemberg a Internet: una historia social de los medios de comunicación (M. A. Galmarini, Trans.): Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara S.A. This is originally in English but I have the Spanish vesion.
Also Breton, P. (1991). História da informática: São Paulo: Editora Unesp.I have the portugese version but th original is in French and with no doubt it migh be in English.
And Breton, P. (1992). L'utopie de la communication. Paris: La Dácouverte essais. Same coment as above.
A chilean autor, talk about the feudal inheritage in Latin america and IT, in a mixture that created three mythic scenarios for knowledge. That might be of use: Duque, R. B. (2007). How the Internet is Shaping the Chilean Scientific Community: Globalization and Dependency. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Louisiana
Finally, there is a document that I found interesting about the effects of IT in society: Agger, D. G., Armstrong, D. B., Boggs, J., Fein, L., Ferry, W. H., Geismar, M., . . . Worthy, W. (1964). The Triple Revolution: Cybernation - Weaponry - Human Rights. In T. A. H. C. o. t. T. Revolution (Ed.), Mississipp Freedom School Curriculum: http://educationanddemocracy.org/.
Hope this will be of use and please do no forguet, if you know any sources about the Internet and Web entering Latin America I will be thankful.
-- *Cristian Berrío Zapata*
Christian My suggestionsabout the history of the internet in Latin America: - This M.Sc. dissertation is about the first years of the internet in Brazil = Carvalho, M. S. R. M. (2006). A trajetória da Internet no Brasil: do surgimento das redes de computadores instituição dos mecanismos de governança. M.Sc. thesis presented to FRJ/Engineering - The Brazilian Network Information Center (http://www.nic.br/english/) publishes (nearly) annual surveys on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Brazil - This book is a collection from authors based on different Latin American countries. I think some texts will be of interest to you. A brief summary of the content is at http://www.editorasulina.com.br/detalhes.php?id=491 = S. Fragoso e A. E. Maldonado (eds) A Internet na América Latina. Porto Alegre, Editora Sulina, 2010 - The Journal of Community Informatics (ci-journal.net) has published special editions about Latin America and about Brazil. Perhaps you will find something interesting there - Finally, entering the dangerous realm of self-promotion, there is my text about the first years of Orkut in Brazil. Orkut was decisive for the popularization of the web in this country = S. Fragoso, WTF A Crazy Brazilian Invasion. In ESS, Charles ; SUDWEEKS,Fay ; HRACHOVEC, Herbert (orgs) ; CATaC 2006 - Fifth International Conference onCultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication , 2006, Tartu. Estonia.School of Information Technology - Murdoch University, 2006. v. 1. p. 255-274 You are welcome to ask for help to access any of the above Suely ________________________________ From: Cristian Berrio Zapata <cristian.berrio@gmail.com> To: Denise N. Rall <denrall@yahoo.com> Cc: Kevin Driscoll <kedrisco@usc.edu>; "air-l@listserv.aoir.org" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Air-L] Internet Historiography 2013/5/19 Denise N. Rall <denrall@yahoo.com>
The ‘house that Dick built’: Constructing the team that built the bomb
Very interesting references! I am researchin the history of internet and the Web BUT, when entering Latin America. If you know any documents about that I will be more than thankful. Regarding historiography, I like Briggs, A., & Burke, P. (2002). De Gutemberg a Internet: una historia social de los medios de comunicación (M. A. Galmarini, Trans.): Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara S.A. This is originally in English but I have the Spanish vesion. Also Breton, P. (1991). História da informática: São Paulo: Editora Unesp.I have the portugese version but th original is in French and with no doubt it migh be in English. And Breton, P. (1992). L'utopie de la communication. Paris: La Dácouverte essais. Same coment as above. A chilean autor, talk about the feudal inheritage in Latin america and IT, in a mixture that created three mythic scenarios for knowledge. That might be of use: Duque, R. B. (2007). How the Internet is Shaping the Chilean Scientific Community: Globalization and Dependency. Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Finally, there is a document that I found interesting about the effects of IT in society: Agger, D. G., Armstrong, D. B., Boggs, J., Fein, L., Ferry, W. H., Geismar, M., . . . Worthy, W. (1964). The Triple Revolution: Cybernation - Weaponry - Human Rights. In T. A. H. C. o. t. T. Revolution (Ed.), Mississipp Freedom School Curriculum: http://educationanddemocracy.org/. Hope this will be of use and please do no forguet, if you know any sources about the Internet and Web entering Latin America I will be thankful. -- *Cristian Berrío Zapata* _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
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