Staying with the Planet: The University That Tried to Reckon with Ecological Reality, Challenged Excessive Data Infrastructures, and Nurtured a Few Altern…

Leman Çelik; Stefan Laser; Estrid Sørensen; Sandra Abels

doi:10.14361/9783839404515

Summary

Hidden from view, university data infrastructures circulate, process and store scientific data while requiring extensive energy and metal extraction. The authors of this volume offer a speculative engagement with cultures of scientific competition, institutional habits, server procurement and regulations, and with funding procedures that each in different ways contribute to scientific computing and its planetary effects. Short speculative ethnographic texts and original line art offer witty and thought-provoking takes on the challenges data-driven science faces in times of climate change.

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-7819-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-0451-5
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: Virtuelle Lebenswelten
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 103
Product Type: Monograph

FrontmatterPages 1 - 5
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PrefacePages 7 - 12
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IntroductionPages 13 - 15
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Chapter 1: The universityPages 17 - 45
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Chapter 2: The university thatchallenged excessivedata infrastructuresPages 47 - 71
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Chapter 3: The universitythat nurtureda few alternativesPages 73 - 98
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EpiloguePages 99 - 99
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ReferencesPages 101 - 102
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