The Factories of the Past Are Turning Into the Data Centres of the Future
Abstract | This essay traces the history and geography of data’s materiality by examining the transformation of industrial building stock in Chicago to serve the needs of the data industry. Using contemporary and archival photographs as entry points, the paper unpacks the rise of an information-base...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Alberta
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Media Studies |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/imaginations/index.php/imaginations/article/view/29366 |