The Lab Book: Situated Practices in Media Studies

by Jussi Parikka, Darren Wershler, Lori Emerson

Book Overview

An important new approach to the study of laboratories, presenting a practical method for understanding labs in all walks of life

From the "Big Science" of Bell Laboratories to the esoteric world of s?ance chambers to university media labs to neighborhood makerspaces, places we call "labs" are everywhere--but how exactly do we account for the wide variety of ways that they produce knowledge? More than imitations of science and engineering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517902185
• ISBN13: 9781517902186
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"