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"New York's South Asian cabbies probably had no idea they were
straddling the digital divide when they used their own CB channels
to organize surprise strikes and demonstrations. But in
Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life, the editors bring
together a series of essays that broaden the concept far beyond the
borders of your average two-part Times series." aWhat is revealed? Powerful visions, future-fantasies that as
science fiction writer Nalo Hopkinson would argue, acan make the
impossible, possiblea The cultural impact of new information and communication technologies has been a constant topic of debate, but questions of race and ethnicity remain a critical absence. TechniColor fills this gap by exploring the relationship between race and technology. a"Technicolor" is at once heroic and tragic: an anthology that
will prompt new conversations.a From Indian H-1B Workers and Detroit techno music to karaoke and the Chicano interneta, TechniColor's specific case studies document the ways in which people of color actually use technology. The results rupture such racial stereotypes as Asian whiz-kids and Black and Latino techno-phobes, while fundamentally challenging many widely-held theoretical and political assumptions. Incorporating a broader definition of technology and technological practices--to include not only those technologies thought to create "revolutions" (computer hardware and software) but also cars, cellular phones, and other everyday technologies--TechniColor reflects the larger history of technology use by people of color. Contributors: Vivek Bald, Ben Chappell, Beth Coleman, McLean Greaves, Logan Hill, Alicia Headlam Hines, Karen Hossfeld, Amitava Kumar, Casey Man Kong Lum, Alondra Nelson, Mimi Nguyen, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Tricia Rose, Andrew Ross, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, and Ben Williams.
"New York's South Asian cabbies probably had no idea they were
straddling the digital divide when they used their own CB channels
to organize surprise strikes and demonstrations. But in
Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life, the editors bring
together a series of essays that broaden the concept far beyond the
borders of your average two-part Times series." aWhat is revealed? Powerful visions, future-fantasies that as
science fiction writer Nalo Hopkinson would argue, acan make the
impossible, possiblea The cultural impact of new information and communication technologies has been a constant topic of debate, but questions of race and ethnicity remain a critical absence. TechniColor fills this gap by exploring the relationship between race and technology. a"Technicolor" is at once heroic and tragic: an anthology that
will prompt new conversations.a From Indian H-1B Workers and Detroit techno music to karaoke and the Chicano interneta, TechniColor's specific case studies document the ways in which people of color actually use technology. The results rupture such racial stereotypes as Asian whiz-kids and Black and Latino techno-phobes, while fundamentally challenging many widely-held theoretical and political assumptions. Incorporating a broader definition of technology and technological practices--to include not only those technologies thought to create "revolutions" (computer hardware and software) but also cars, cellular phones, and other everyday technologies--TechniColor reflects the larger history of technology use by people of color. Contributors: Vivek Bald, Ben Chappell, Beth Coleman, McLean Greaves, Logan Hill, Alicia Headlam Hines, Karen Hossfeld, Amitava Kumar, Casey Man Kong Lum, Alondra Nelson, Mimi Nguyen, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Tricia Rose, Andrew Ross, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, and Ben Williams.
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