Programming and Culture

Autor/in	Arawjo, Ian Anders
Titel	Programming and Culture
Quelle	(2023), (265 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3797-2235-7
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Computer Science Education; Programming; Cultural Influences; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Algorithms; Coding; Design; Kenya; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Programmierung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ausland; Algorithm; Algorithmus; Codierung; Kenia; USA
Abstract	I situate computer programming as a cultural practice. I develop this perspective in two ways: exploring how programming practices can support intercultural learning, and examining how programming tools themselves embed cultural assumptions and values. For the former, I study how relationships across difference are formed over computing activities in K-12 classrooms in Kenya and the U.S. Asking how programming concepts may serve people's intercultural development, I develop a new type of activity, "cultural algorithms," which uses algorithmic concepts to teach about the social construction of societies. Turning to the material means through which we 'write' code, I then trace the earliest history of programming and reveal epistemological tendencies and biases in the field. From the resulting insights, I develop a new AI-powered paradigm, notational programming, as one critical design that seeks to disrupt dominant norms around typing code. Throughout, I aim to muddle the boundaries between 'programming' and 'culture,' exploring programming both as a tool for making change (changing the programming in culture), and as a tool to be changed (changing the culture in programming). Ultimately, I argue that intercultural approaches to computing are focused on ontological change; that is, changing the boundaries and categories that people deploy to divide themselves from others and diminish the complexity of the world. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01