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Auteur(s) : Mackenzie, Adrian (1962-....)
Titre(s) : Transductions [Texte imprimé] : bodies and machines at speed / Adrian Mackenzie
Publication : London ; New York : Continuum, 2002
Description matérielle : xii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Collection : Technologies--studies in culture and theory
Lien à la collection : Technologies. studies in culture & theory
Comprend : Introduction ; - 1. Radical contingency and the materializations of technology ;
2. From some radiation: the depth and speed of technical embodiments ; 3. The technicity
of time: 1.00 oscillation/ second to 9, 192, 631, 770 Hz ; 4. Infrastructure and
individuation: speed and dela in Stelarc's Ping Body ; 5. Losing time at the play
station: real time and the whatever body ; 6. Life, collectives and the pre-vital
technicity of biotechnology ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index
What do the patented data structures embedded deep in the code of an online computer
game or the massively complicated architecture of the latest supercomputer used to
simulate nuclear explosions have to do with culture, life or meaning? Why does technology
attract such wildly differing responses - from fervour to boredom to distrust? Transductions
explores these questions by drawing on science and technology studies, contemporary
critical theory and corporeal theory. An exploration of complex technologies such
as online computer games, genomic databases and the global positioning system reveals
how the borders between bodies and machines, between what counts as social and what
counts as technical, are no less diverse and complicated than culture itself. Indeed,
they constitute a crucial dimension of contemporary culture. Through a critical analysis
of the widely accepted notion that technology speeds everything up, Transductions
argues that there are only ever differences in speed. The question for us now is how
can such differences be represented? Transductions was originally part of the Technologies:
Studies in Culture and Theory series
Sujet(s) : Culture numérique
Corps humain -- Anthropologie
Jeux vidéo
Indice(s) Dewey :
306.461 3 (23e éd.) = Santé personnelle (sociologie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0826458831. - ISBN 9780826458834. - ISBN 082645884X. - ISBN 9780826458841. -
ISBN 0826481698. - ISBN 9780826481696
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450733485
Notice n° :
FRBNF45073348
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