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Posthumanities Ser.: Insect Media : An Archaeology of Animals and Technology by Jussi Parikka (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN-100816667403
ISBN-139780816667406
eBay Product ID (ePID)92544737
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameInsect Media : an Archaeology of Animals and Technology
Publication Year2010
SubjectBiotechnology, Media Studies, Animal Rights, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNature, Computers, Social Science, Science
AuthorJussi Parikka
SeriesPosthumanities Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-035074
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"With Insect Media Jussi Parikka offers a theory of media that challenges our traditional views of the natural and the artificial. Parikka not only understands insects through the lens of media and mediation, he also unearths an insect logic at the heart of our contemporary fascination with networks, swarming, and intelligent agents. Such a project requires the ability to interweave cultural theory with a deep understanding of the sciences--something for which Parikka is well-suited. Most importantly, Insect Media reminds us of the non-human aspect of media, communication, intelligence. Insect Media is a book that is sure to create a buzz." --Eugene Thacker, author of After Life, "With Insect Media Jussi Parikka offers a theory of media that challenges our traditional views of the natural and the artificial. Parikka not only understands insects through the lens of media and mediation, he also unearths an insect logic at the heart of our contemporary fascination with networks, swarming, and intelligent agents. Such a project requires the ability to interweave cultural theory with a deep understanding of the sciences-something for which Parikka is well-suited. Most importantly, Insect Media reminds us of the non-human aspect of media, communication, intelligence. Insect Media is a book that is sure to create a buzz." -Eugene Thacker, author of After Life, "With Insect Media Jussi Parikka offers a theory of media that challenges our traditional views of the natural and the artificial. Parikka not only understands insects through the lens of media and mediation, he also unearths an insect logic at the heart of our contemporary fascination with networks, swarming, and intelligent agents. Such a project requires the ability to interweave cultural theory with a deep understanding of the sciences--something for which Parikka is well-suited. Most importantly, Insect Media reminds us of the non-human aspect of media, communication, intelligence. Insect Media is a book that is sure to create a buzz." --Eugene Thacker, author of After Life
Series Volume Number11
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal595.709
Table Of ContentContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Insects in the Age of Technology 1. Nineteenth-Century Insect Technics: The Uncanny Affects of Insects 2. Genesis of Form: Insect Architecture and Swarms 3. Technics of Nature and Temporality: Von Uexküll's Ethology 4. Metamorphosis, Intensity, and Devouring Space: Elements for an Insect Game Theory Intermezzo 5. Animal Ensembles, Robotic Affects: Bees, Milieus, and Individuation 6. Biomorphs and Boids: Swarming Algorithms 7. Sexual Selection in the BioDigital: Teknolust and the Weird Life of SRAs Epilogue: Insect Media as an Art of Transmutation Notes Index
SynopsisSince the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media , Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network society, providing a radical new perspective on the interconnection of biology and technology. Through close engagement with the pioneering work of insect ethologists, including Jakob von Uexk ll and Karl von Frisch, posthumanist philosophers, media theorists, and contemporary filmmakers and artists, Parikka develops an insect theory of media, one that conceptualizes modern media as more than the products of individual human actors, social interests, or technological determinants. They are, rather, profoundly nonhuman phenomena that both draw on and mimic the alien lifeworlds of insects. Deftly moving from the life sciences to digital technology, from popular culture to avant-garde art and architecture, and from philosophy to cybernetics and game theory, Parikka provides innovative conceptual tools for exploring the phenomena of network society and culture. Challenging anthropocentric approaches to contemporary science and culture, Insect Media reveals the possibilities that insects and other nonhuman animals offer for rethinking media, the conflation of biology and technology, and our understanding of, and interaction with, contemporary digital culture., Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media , Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network society, providing a radical new perspective on the interconnection of biology and technology. Through close engagement with the pioneering work of insect ethologists, including Jakob von Uexküll and Karl von Frisch, posthumanist philosophers, media theorists, and contemporary filmmakers and artists, Parikka develops an insect theory of media, one that conceptualizes modern media as more than the products of individual human actors, social interests, or technological determinants. They are, rather, profoundly nonhuman phenomena that both draw on and mimic the alien lifeworlds of insects. Deftly moving from the life sciences to digital technology, from popular culture to avant-garde art and architecture, and from philosophy to cybernetics and game theory, Parikka provides innovative conceptual tools for exploring the phenomena of network society and culture. Challenging anthropocentric approaches to contemporary science and culture, Insect Media reveals the possibilities that insects and other nonhuman animals offer for rethinking media, the conflation of biology and technology, and our understanding of, and interaction with, contemporary digital culture.
LC Classification NumberQ337.3.P36 2010
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