Cultures of Computing (ANTH-0136)

Fall 2023 · ANTH 0136 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Examines computers and computation as sociocultural phenomena. Questions universalizing narratives of technological progress by exploring the variety of human experience with computing. Topics include social media, postcolonial computing, the gender of artificial intelligence, the social analysis of mathematics, and the sociocultural implications of big data and contemporary algorithmic systems.

Course codes: ANTH-0136, ANTH 0136, ANTH0136, ANTH-136, ANTH 136, ANTH136, STS-0136, STS 0136, STS0136, STS-136, STS 136, STS136, FMS-0041, FMS 0041, FMS0041, FMS-41, FMS 41, FMS41

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