Title :
Computer Memory, Collective Memory: Recovering History through Chilean Computing
Author_Institution :
Indiana University
Abstract :
This essay argues that computer histories contribute to collective memory and are especially important in nations where knowledge of the past has been erased or suppressed. Computer histories also can enrich national understandings of the past and contribute to ongoing debates over history and its relation to the present.
Keywords :
Chile; Cybersyn; Latin America; computer; developing world; history; international; memory; Books; Government; History; Labeling; Life testing; Manufacturing industries; Military computing; South America; System testing; Technological innovation; Chile; Cybersyn; Latin America; computer; developing world; history; international; memory;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2005.56
