Technology and politics in allendes chile about speaking as an expert, sociotechnical engineering, and of course, cybernetics. Technology and politics in allendes chile is the most serious attempt so far to understand this. Technol ogy and politics in allendes chile, mit press. She received the ieee life members prize in electrical history in 2007 for her work on chiles experiments with cybernetics. Eden medina eden medina is associate professor of informatics and computing at indiana university bloomington and the author of cybernetic revolutionaries. Socialist cybernetics in allendes chile eden medina abstract. One is project cybersyn, an experiment to network the chilean economy under president salvador allende in the 1970s, described in eden medina s cybernetic revolutionaries mit. Eden medinas cybernetic revolutionaries explores the use of cybernetics to implement ideals of democratic socialism in salvador allendes. Cybernetic revolutionaries with eden medina august 15th, 2018 1 hr 6 mins in this book club episode, we talk to eden medina. Her work uses technology as a means to understand historical processes and she combines history, science and technology studies, and latin american studies in her writings.
Making and unmaking truth after dictatorship, manuscript in preparation, under contract with duke university press. It is a model of thorough and ambitious research, and clear. Cybernetic revolutionaries by eden medina and publisher the mit press. Technology and politics in allendes chile, mit press, cambridge ma, 2011, published in radical philosophy 177 janfeb 20. Cybernetics in allendes chile, journal of latin american studies 38. Technology and politics in allendes chile the mit press ebook. Cybernetic revolutionaries eden medina in july 1971, the british cybernetician stafford beer received an unexpected letter from chile. She received the ieee life members prize in electrical history in 2007 for her work on chiles experiments with cybernetics and socialism. Eden medina is associate professor of science, technology, and society at mit and associate professor of informatics and computing at indiana university, bloomington. A historical study of chiles twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics. Eden medina is an associate professor at indiana university, bloomington and the author of cybernetic revolutionaries.
In cybernetic revolutionaries, eden medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. See my cv for a complete list of publications and presentations books. Eden medina is associate professor of informatics and computing at indiana university, bloomington. Cybernetic revolutionaries 9780262525961, 9780262297387. Pdf eden medinas cybernetic revolutionaries is an extraordinary first book. It deals with one of the least known aspects of the efforts of the allende government 197073 to organize chilean society according to the ideals of democratic socialism. Technology and politics in allendes chile, mit press. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. It started out as an intriguing footnote connecting two of eden medina s greatest interests technology and latin america and then turned into a multiple awardwinning book for the indiana university school of informatics and computing. Eden medina, reading history in a large concrete panel, monolith controversies. Professor medina presents material from cybernetic revolutionaries, her bookinprogress that tells.
The multifaceted interplay of technology and politics is the centerpiece of medina s work. Technology and politics in allendes chile received the 2012 edelstein prize for outstanding book in the history of technology and the 2012 computer history museum prize for outstanding book in the history of computing. Book by iu informatics professor medina earns two top. This article presents a history of project cybersyn, an early computer network developed in chile during the socialist presidency of salvador allende 19701973 to regulate the growing social property area and manage the transition. Interview eden medina over project cybersyn youtube. Project cybersyn was a chilean project from 19711973 during the presidency of salvador allende aimed at constructing a distributed decision support system to aid in the management of the national economy. Medina is the author of cybernetic revolutionaries. Eden medina the mit press cambridge, massachusetts london, england. Eden medina s cybernetic revolutionaries explores the use of cybernetics to implement ideals of democratic socialism in salvador allendes chile. Years ago, eden medina became interested in salvador allendes efforts to create a cybernetic component to his government in chile. Eden medina is associate professor of informatics and computing and an adjunct assistant professor of history at indiana university, bloomington. Eden medina is associate professor of informatics and computing at indiana university bloomington and the author of cybernetic revolutionaries. It is a model of thorough and ambitious research, and clear, effective presentation.
Perhaps the most powerful insights offered in the book relate to the encounter of technology and politics. Review of cybernetic revolutionaries by eden medina, mit. Technology and politics in allendes chile cambridge, ma. The first was chiles experiment with peaceful socialist change under salvador allende. The writer was a young chilean engineer named fernando flores, who was working for the government of newly elected socialist president salvador allende. Cybernetic revolutionaries called remarkable study, an insightful historical analysis for immediate release oct. Her book is informed by seminal scholarship of technology and politics, including key studies by langdon winner, gabrielle hecht, and paul edwards, among others. The first was chiles experiment with peaceful socialist. Cybernetic revolutionaries by eden medina is available in. The book offers a most compelling account of an attempt to use science and.
Eden medina is associate professor of science, technology, and society at mit. It happened in the chile of presidente salvador allende in the early 1970s. Cybernetic revolutionaries by eden medina overdrive. Her research uses the history of science and technology as a way to understand processes of political change, especially in.
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