“This book exhorts the reader to embrace the materiality of archaeology by recognizing how
every step in the discipline's scientific processes involves interaction with myriad physical …

An investigation into the assignment of moral responsibilities and rights to intelligent and
autonomous machines of our own making. One of the enduring concerns of moral …

Among the critical issues that have emerged in the context of the “new materialisms”(Coole
and Frost 2010) in science, media, and cultural studies, one is the question of ethics …

The question of what it means to be human surfaces time and again in periods of important
technological change. As if, once detached from the labor of their creation, technologies …

The currently developing fields of Ambient Intelligence and Persuasive Technology bring
about a convergence of information technology and cognitive science. Smart environments …

Why does the announcement of a new cellphone model ignite excitement and passion?
Why do most people return home when they forget their cellphones, while only few would …

The Big Data phenomenon, and its uptake in qualitative research, raises ethical issues
around data aggregation, data linkages, and data anonymization as well as concerns …

At one time I had considered titling this book A Vindication of the Rights of Machines, for two
reasons. First, such a designation makes reference to and follows in the tradition of …

The growing prominence of computers in contemporary life, often seemingly with minds of
their own, invites rethinking the question of moral responsibility. If the moral responsibility for …

This article examines the transformative effects of adding gaze theory to the critical
approaches that have focused on Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun (2021). Drawing on …