Let Them Eat Data: How Computers Affect Education, Cultural Diversity and the Prospects of Ecological Sustainability - Hardcover

Bowers, Chet A.

 
9780820322292: Let Them Eat Data: How Computers Affect Education, Cultural Diversity and the Prospects of Ecological Sustainability

Synopsis

A discussion of issues that have fallen into the gap between our perceptions and the realities of global computing. It covers the misuse of the theory of evolution to justify and legitimate the global spread of computers, and the implications of unmooring knowledge from its local contexts.

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About the Author

C. A. Bowers has served on the faculty of the University of Oregon and Portland State University. He is the author of several books that examine the connections between education, culture, and the environmental crisis, including Let Them Eat Data, Educating for Eco-Jutice and Community, (both Georgia), Educating for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture, and The Culture of Denial.

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