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Automation Is a Myth

Af: Luke Munn Engelsk Paperback

Automation Is a Myth

Af: Luke Munn Engelsk Paperback
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For some, automation will usher in a labor-free utopia; for others, it signals a disastrous age-to-come. Yet whether seen as dream or nightmare, automation, argues Munn, is ultimately a fable that rests on a set of triple fictions. There is the myth of full autonomy, claiming that machines will take over production and supplant humans. But far from being self-acting, technical solutions are piecemeal; their support and maintenance reveals the immense human labor behind "autonomous" processes. There is the myth of universal automation, with technologies framed as a desituated force sweeping the globe. But this fiction ignores the social, cultural, and geographical forces that shape technologies at a local level. And, there is the myth of automating everyone, the generic figure of "the human" at the heart of automation claims. But labor is socially stratified and so automation''s fallout will be highly uneven, falling heavier on some (immigrants, people of color, women) than others. Munn moves from machine minders in China to warehouse pickers in the United States to explore the ways that new technologies do (and don''t) reconfigure labor. Combining this rich array of human stories with insights from media and cultural studies, Munn points to a more nuanced, localized, and racialized understanding of the "future of work."

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For some, automation will usher in a labor-free utopia; for others, it signals a disastrous age-to-come. Yet whether seen as dream or nightmare, automation, argues Munn, is ultimately a fable that rests on a set of triple fictions. There is the myth of full autonomy, claiming that machines will take over production and supplant humans. But far from being self-acting, technical solutions are piecemeal; their support and maintenance reveals the immense human labor behind "autonomous" processes. There is the myth of universal automation, with technologies framed as a desituated force sweeping the globe. But this fiction ignores the social, cultural, and geographical forces that shape technologies at a local level. And, there is the myth of automating everyone, the generic figure of "the human" at the heart of automation claims. But labor is socially stratified and so automation''s fallout will be highly uneven, falling heavier on some (immigrants, people of color, women) than others. Munn moves from machine minders in China to warehouse pickers in the United States to explore the ways that new technologies do (and don''t) reconfigure labor. Combining this rich array of human stories with insights from media and cultural studies, Munn points to a more nuanced, localized, and racialized understanding of the "future of work."

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 184
ISBN-13: 9781503631427
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1503631427
Kategori: Medievidenskab
Udg. Dato: 5 apr 2022
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 214mm
Højde: 139mm
Forlag: Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato: 5 apr 2022
Forfatter(e): Luke Munn
Forfatter(e) Luke Munn

Kategori Medievidenskab

ISBN-13 9781503631427

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 184

Udgave

Længde 16mm

Bredde 214mm

Højde 139mm

Udg. Dato 5 apr 2022

Oplagsdato 5 apr 2022

Forlag Stanford University Press

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