How to Do Things with Sensors Gabrys Jennifer
How to Do Things with Sensors Gabrys Jennifer An investigation of how-to guides for sensor technologiesSensors are increasingly common within citizen-sensing and DIY projects, but these devices often…
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How to Do Things with Sensors Gabrys Jennifer
An investigation of how-to guides for sensor technologiesSensors are increasingly common within citizen-sensing and DIY projects, but these devices often require the use of a how-to guide. As the how-to proliferates, and instructions unfold through multiple aspects of technoscientific practices, Jennifer Gabrys asks why the how-to has become one of the prevailing genres of the digital. From online instructional videos for troubleshooting sensor installations to handbooks for using and abusing the Internet of Things, the how-to genres and formats of digital instruction continue to expand and develop.
How to Do Things with Sensors explores the ways in which things are made do-able with and through sensors and further considers how worlds are made sense-able and actionable through the instructional mode of citizen-sensing projects.Forerunners:
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