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1 Introduction: Cultural Technologies in Cultures of Technology Goran Bolin Part I: Histories of Cultural Technologies 2. The Algorithmic Turn: Photosynth, Augmented Reality and the Changing Implications of the Image William Uricchio 3. The Compact Disc and Its Culture: Notes on Melancholia Eric Rothenbuhler 4. Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Systems: Files, Objects, Distribution Mats Bjorkin 5. Technostruggles and the Satellite Dish: A Populist Approach to Infrastructure Lisa Parks Part II: Epistemologies of Cultural Technologies 6. Being 'Accountable': TV Audiences and Surveillance Toby Miller 7. Time, Space and Clouds of Information: Data Centre Discourse and the Meaning of Durability Peter Jakobsson and Fredrik Stiernstedt 8. Search Engines in Practice: Structure and Culture in Technical Development Elizabeth Van Couvering 9. Technology and Epistemology: Information Policy and Desire Sandra Braman Part III: Uses of Cultural Technologies 10. Web 2.0 Technologies of the Self Maria Bakardjieva and Georgia Gaden 11. Virtual Technologies of Nation-States: State Administration in Second Life Stina Bengtsson 12. The Scary Promise of Technology: Developing New Forms of Audience Research Joke Hermes