The Cultural Dimensions of Computer Simulation

Sebastian Grevsmühl (1, 2)

1 GRHEN-CRH - Groupe de Recherche sur l'Histoire de l'Environnement/Equipe CRH
2 CRH (UMR 8558 CNRS / EHESS) - Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH) _ Unité Mixte de Recherches (UMR 8558 CNRS / EHESS)

The short paper explores the cultural subtexts and the specific cultural conditions of computer simulation, especially in the context of ongoing debates on past and future climate change. It is based on the international conference “Dealing with Climate Change: Calculus and Catastrophe in the Age of Simulation,” convened by the Institute for Advanced Study MECS (Media Cultures of Computer Simulation) at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany, in June 2015.

Mots clés: simulation

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences; Autre [cs.OH]

Sebastian Grevsmühl. The Cultural Dimensions of Computer Simulation. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 2016, 38 (1), pp.90-93. ⟨10.1353/ahc.2016.0015⟩. ⟨hal-01502089⟩