What Do We Critique When We Critique Technology?

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Book Review| March 17 2023 What Do We Critique When We Critique Technology? Your Computer Is on Fire. Edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, and Kavita Philip. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2021. 416 pp. Paper, $35.00; e-book $25.99.Technoprecarious. By Precarity Lab. London: Goldsmiths Press. 2020. 124 pp. Paper, $25.95; e-book $19.99.Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data. Edited by Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, Daniela Agostinho, Annie Ring, Catherine D’Ignazio, and Kristin Veel. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2021. 640 pp. Paper $55.00; e-book $38.99. Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal is Ruth and Paul Idzik College Chair in Digital Scholarship and Assistant Professor of English and Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. His research—situated at the crossroads of media theory, science and technology studies, and literary criticism—can be found in venues such as Critical Inquiry, Configurations, and Design Issues. His current book project, Rendering: A Political Diagrammatology of Computation, shows how our cultural narratives, politico-economic formulations, and epistemic beliefs get crystallized into computational hardware and software architectures. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature 10575091. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-10575091 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal; What Do We Critique When We Critique Technology?. American Literature 2023; 10575091. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-10575091 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsAmerican Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2023 by Duke University Press2023 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews and Review Essays You do not currently have access to this content.