<p>"Jennifer Gabrys deftly synthesizes fields and lines of inquiry in weaving a signature story of our age, working across intellectual planes and variegated systems and networks. <i>Program Earth</i> is a tantalizing account of digital, citizen-sensing worlds in the making."âKevin McHugh, Arizona State University</p><p>"Impressive and original, <i>Program Earth</i> is not just concerned with the collection and dissemination of data, but alsoâand more cruciallyâwith the transformation of these data and with their effects."âSteven Shaviro, author of <i>The Universe of Things: On Speculative Realism</i></p>
<p>"Full of stimulating ideas and provocative reframings of environmental concerns that are sure to spark further research."â<i>American Journal of Sociology </i></p><p>"Readers will revel in extensively written case studies as well as the contemplative opportunity to challenge, with renewed conceptual tools, the urgent notion of the environment."â<i>Cultural Geographies</i></p><p>"Jennifer Gabrys' book is a timely publication that combines empirical insights with a necessary speculative attitude in an emerging field."âTecnosciencza</p><p>"This sociological treatise is a valuable contribution for historians of technology... <i>Program Earth </i>succeeds in raising multiple epistemological and political issues intertwining sensing technologies, infrastructures, democracy, and power."â<i>Technology and Culture </i></p>
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Biographical note
Jennifer Gabrys is a reader in sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics.