More Than Machines? : : The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology / / Laura Voss.
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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Science Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Other title: | 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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Summary: | 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 science communication to media discourse, and from the theoretical perspectives of STS to the cognitive sciences. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, and backed by a wealth of empirical material, Voss shows how scientists, engineers, journalists - and everyone else - can face the challenge of robot technology appearing »a little bit alive« with a reflexive and yet pragmatic stance. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783839455609 9783110743357 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754186 9783110753967 9783110767315 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783839455609?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Laura Voss. |