Cross-Cultural Computing: An Artist's Journey
This exciting new book explores the relationship between cultural traditions and computers, looking at how people from very different cultures and backgrounds communicate and how the use of information technologies can support and enhance these dialogues.
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Naoko Tosa
Cross-Cultural Computing: An Artist's Journey
Springer Series on Cultural Computing Editor-in-Chief Ernest Edmonds, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Editorial Board Frieder Nake, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany Nick Bryan-Kinns, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Linda Candy, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia David England, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Andrew Hugill, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK Shigeki Amitani, Adobe Systems Inc., Tokyo, Japan Doug Riecken, Columbia University, New York, USA Jonas Lowgren, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10481
Naoko Tosa
Cross-Cultural Computing: An Artist’s Journey
Naoko Tosa Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
ISSN 2195-9056 ISSN 2195-9064 (electronic) Springer Series on Cultural Computing ISBN 978-1-4471-6511-8 ISBN 978-1-4471-6512-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6512-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015957194 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht © Springer-Verlag London 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer-Verlag London Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The Cultural Computing Series is showing how the centre of computing has moved away from the concerns of the technology itself, and the early technically oriented applications, into the much more significant domain of the very culture of our lives. For a long time now we have seen the importance of computing in every aspect of work, from the manufacturing plant to the office and the corner shop. The tight coupling of computer developments with communications technologies has enabled the construction of the Internet and the Web, without which many people today feel completely lost. This all-pervasive presence of computing very naturally changes the cultural context of our lives. It changes our relationships, our understand
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