More Than Machines? : The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology

More Than Machines? The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology

We know that robots are just machines. Why then do we often talk about them as if they were alive? Laura Voss explores this fascinating phenomenon, providing a rich insight into practices of animacy (and inanimacy) attribution to robot technology: from science-fiction to robotics R&D, from scien...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Voss, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Tesis
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Bielefeld : [2021]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Science Studies
Materias:
Robot; Artificial Intelligence; Animacy; Anthropomorphism; Agency; Technology; Society; Science; Sociology of Technology; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Work and Industry; Sociology;
Agency.
Animacy.
Anthropomorphism.
Artificial Intelligence.
Science.
Society.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology of Technology.
Sociology of Work and Industry.
Sociology.
Technology.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Robots Wanted – Dead And/Or Alive
  • 2. Disciplinary Context and Terminology
  • 3. Making Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Research and Development
  • 4. Showing Off Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Robotics Demonstrations, Science Communication, and Marketing
  • 5. Reporting on Robots: In/Animacy Attributions in Media Discourse
  • 6. Conclusions … and Openings
  • References
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Appendix

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