Index Issue Two

Editorial for Issue Two Articles Robert W. Gehl & Sarah Bell, Heterogeneous Software Engineering: Garmisch 1968, Microsoft Vista, and a Methodology for Software Studies Annette Vee, Text, Speech, Machine: Metaphors for Computer Code in the Law Bernhard Rieder, What is in PageRank? A Historical and Conceptual Investigation of a Recursive Status Index Jennifer Gabrys, Sensing …

Algorhythmics: Understanding Micro-Temporality in Computational Cultures

Introduction Algorithms are mathematical and thus abstract structures, but should not be mistaken for algebraic formulae, since assignments or instructions operated by algorithms are non-reversible. They are vector-dependent and have built-in time functions. Their ties to machinic reality and operability make algorithms time-based and as such part of rhythmic procedures, which are able to cause …

Editorial Issue Two

Given the number of texts that follow in this, the second issue of Computational Culture, it is, for the sake of readers, at least, incumbent upon an editorial to attempt the virtues of celerity and concision. We will do our best to satisfy such a requirement. The developing field of software studies aims to engage …

Sensing an Experimental Forest: Processing Environments and Distributing Relations

Environmental Sensing Surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest and situated within the San Jacinto Mountain Range in California, there is one particular patch of woods that is distinct in its ecological processes. This forest is equipped with embedded network sensing that digitally detects and processes environmental phenomena, from microclimates to light patterns, moisture levels …

The Order of Places: Code, Ontology and Visibility in Locative Media

‘To govern, it is necessary to render visible the space over which government is to be exercised’ (Rose, 1999). ‘From the national postal service to the public telephone to the license plate on every registered vehicle, media are at work replacing people with their addresses.’ (Kittler, 1996). Introduction Long before the arrival of popular geo-services …