Making an Almanac

IF 2.5 4区 材料科学 Q3 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
David Benqué
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Abstract

This chapter employs critical design practice to examine a specific form in the history of prediction—almanacs—and ultimately interrogates the nature of current forms of algorithmic prediction. The chapter revolves around the concept of monism—the idea that the same universal laws govern both natural and social worlds—and focuses on the role monism plays in predictions within almanac publications. It draws on empirical evidence from the Monistic Almanac—an ongoing practice-based research project which revisits the almanac as a site for experiments across the blurry boundary between data science and astrology—in order to conceptualize almanacs as precursors to the current regime of algorithmic prediction. The chapter experiments with computational astrologies and reflects upon the diagrammatic operations of data science. Benqué argues that divination opens up opportunities for critical design practice to question the authority of current notions of predictions.
制作年历
本章采用批判性设计实践来考察预测历史上的一种特定形式——历书——并最终询问当前算法预测形式的本质。这一章围绕着一元论的概念——认为同样的普遍规律支配着自然世界和社会世界——并着重于一元论在历书出版物中的预测中所扮演的角色。它借鉴了Monistic almanac(一项正在进行的基于实践的研究项目)的经验证据,该项目将历书作为跨越数据科学和占星术之间模糊界限的实验场所,以便将历书概念化为当前算法预测制度的先驱。本章用计算占星术进行实验,并反思数据科学的图解操作。benqu认为,占卜为批判性设计实践提供了质疑当前预测概念权威的机会。
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Nano Futures
Nano Futures Chemistry-General Chemistry
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4.30
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35
期刊介绍: Nano Futures mission is to reflect the diverse and multidisciplinary field of nanoscience and nanotechnology that now brings together researchers from across physics, chemistry, biomedicine, materials science, engineering and industry.
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