| More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology Contributor(s): Voss, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837655601 ISBN-13: 9783837655605 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2021 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
