On line and on paper : visual representations, visual culture, and computer graphics in design engineering /
The role of representation in the production of technoscientific knowledge has become a subject of great interest in recent years. In this book, sociologist and art critic Kathryn Henderson offers a new perspective on this topic by exploring the impact of computer graphic systems on the visual cultu...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©1999.
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| Col·lecció: | Inside technology.
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| Accés en línia: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=9241 |
| Sumari: | The role of representation in the production of technoscientific knowledge has become a subject of great interest in recent years. In this book, sociologist and art critic Kathryn Henderson offers a new perspective on this topic by exploring the impact of computer graphic systems on the visual culture of engineering design. Henderson shows how designers use drawings both to organize work and knowledge and to recruit and organize resources, political support, and power. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262275255 0262275252 0585087393 9780585087399 0262082691 9780262082693 |