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The Metainterface The Metainterface The Art of Platforms, Cities, and Clouds Christian Ulrik Andersen and Søren Bro Pold The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in ITC Stone Serif Std by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Andersen, Christian Ulrik, author. | Pold, Søren, author. Title: The metainterface : the art of platforms, cities, and clouds / Christian Ulrik Andersen and Søren Bro Pold. Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017042793 | ISBN 9780262037945 (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: User interfaces (Computer systems)--Philosophy. | Application software--Social aspects. | Human-computer interaction--Psychological aspects. | Computer art. Classification: LCC QA76.9.U83 A524 2018 | DDC 005.4/37--dc23 LC record available at https:// lccn.loc.gov/2017042793 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 Interface Criticism: Why a Theory of the Interface? 15 2 The Metainterface Industry: New Platforms for Culture 39 3 The Urban Metainterface: Territorial Interfaces 81 4 The Cloud Interface: Experiences of a Metainterface World 121 5 Interface Criticism by Design 157 Notes 183 Bibliography 215 Index 233 Acknowledgments © Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAll Rights Reserved This book is the result of years of research at the Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University. A special thanks to good colleagues and support from Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Center for Literature Between Media, and Center for Participatory IT. We also owe great thanks to readers and reviewers who have provided invaluable suggestions and comments, including Geoff Cox and the anonymous peer reviewers. Also thanks to the great editorial team at MIT Press, Doug Sery, Katherine A. Almeida, and Noah J. Springer. Finally, thanks to our wives and families for sticking up with us during the long hours of writing and editing. Fragments of the book are rewritten from published material in the anthologies The Imaginary App, Critical Theory and Interaction Design, and Disrupting Business and have been presented at conferences and festivals, including Electronic Literature Organi- zation Conference, Transmediale festival for art and digital culture, Interface Politics 1st International Conference, Hybrid City Conference, and the Media Architecture Biennale.
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