This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing
from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines
how the relevant sources can be created, collected, preserved, and
disseminated. The text describes and evaluates a project in Sweden
that documented the stories of around 700 people. The book also
provides a critical discussion on the interpretation of oral
evidence, presenting three case studies on how this evidence can
inform us about the interaction of computing with large-scale
transformations in economies, cultures, and societies. Features:
describes a historiography aimed at addressing the question of how
computing shaped and transformed Swedish society between 1950 and
1980; presents a user-centered perspective on the history of
computing, after explaining the benefits of such an approach;
examines the documentation of users, describing novel and
innovative documentation methods; discusses the pros and cons of
collaborative projects between academia and industry.
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