Critical digital studies : a reader / edited by Arthur Kroker and Marilouise Kroker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kroker, Arthur, 1945- editor of compilation .

Kroker, Marilouise, editor of compilation .

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

x, 610 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013.

Contents:

Code Breakers

1 Traumas of Code / N. Katherine Hayles Hayles, N. Katherine 39

2 A Game of Cat's Cradle: Science Studies, Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies / Donna J. Haraway Haraway, Donna J. 59

3 Reframing the Cathedral: Opening the Sources of Technologies and Cultural Assumptions / Sara Diamond Diamond, Sara 70

4 Romancing the Anti-body: Lust and Longing in (Cyber)space / Lynn Hershman Leeson Leeson, Lynn Hershman 85

New Digital Media

5 All Bugs Are Shallow: Digital Biopower, Hacker Resistance, and Technological Error in Open-Source Software / Matthew Kelly Kelly, Matthew 101

6 Contagion Theory: Beyond the Microbe / Tony D. Sampson Sampson, Tony D. 120

7 A Conversation with Spirits inside the Simulation of a Coast Salish Longhouse / Jackson 2bears 2bears, Jackson 144

8 Empire@Play: Virtual Games and Global Capitalism / Nick Dyer-Witheeord Dyer-Witheeord, Nick, Greig De Peuter Peuter, Greig De 162

9 Archaeologies of Media Art Jussi Parikka in Conversation With Garnet Hertz 179

Technology, Identity, and Surveillance

10 Precision + Guided + Seeing / Jordan Crandall Crandall, Jordan 193

11 Understanding Meta-media / Lev Manovich Manovich, Lev 212

12 Black Box, Black Bloc / Alexander R. Galloway Galloway, Alexander R. 218

13 Biophilosophy for the 21st Century / Eugene Thacker Thacker, Eugene 227

14 Algebra of Identity: Skin of Wind, Skin of Streams, Skin of Shadows, Skin of Vapour / D. Fox Harrell Harrell, D. Fox 238

Politics, Gender, and Religion

Information and Power

15 Communication and Imperialism / James Tully Tully, James 257

16 Occupology, Swarmology, Whateverology: The City of (Dis)order versus the People's Archive / Gregory Sholette Sholette, Gregory 283

17 Tell Us What's Going to Happen: Information Feeds to the War on Terror / Samuel Nunn Nunn, Samuel 293

18 Grammar of Terrorism: Captivity, Media, and a Critique of Biopolitics / Michael Dartnell Dartnell, Michael 312

19 Virilio's Apocalypticism / Mark Featherstone Featherstone, Mark 331

Gender and Sexuality

20 The Cyborg Mother: A Breached Boundary / Jaimie Smith-Windsor Smith-Windsor, Jaimie 348

21 Haptics, Mobile Handhelds, and other 'Novel' Devices: The Tactile Unconscious of Reading across Old and New Media / Rachel C. Lee Lee, Rachel C. 357

22 Becoming Dragon: A Transversal Technology Study / Micha Cárdenas Cárdenas, Micha 373

Religion and Society

23 Circuits, Death, and Sacred Fiction: The City of Banaras / Mahesh Daas Daas, Mahesh 393

24 Digital Cosmologies: Religion, Technology, and Ideology / Arthur Kroker Kroker, Arthur 398

25 Technologies of the Apocalypse: The Left Behind Novels and Flight from the Flesh / Stephen Pfohl Pfohl, Stephen 408

Culture, Art, and Communication

Perception

26 The Aura of the Digital / Michael Betancourt Betancourt, Michael 433

27 When Taste Politics Meets Terror: The Critical Art Ensemble on Trial / Joan Hawkins Hawkins, Joan 447

28 Distraction and Digital Culture / William Bogard Bogard, William 465

Performance

29 Metal Performance: Humanizing Robots, Returning to Nature, and Camping About / Steve Dixon Dixon, Steve 485

30 Prosthetic Head: Intelligence, Awareness, and Agency / Stelarc 519

31 Simulated Talking Machines: Stelarc's Prosthetic Head / Julie Clarke Clarke, Julie 532

32 Slipstreaming the Cyborg Francesca De Nicolò in Conversation / Christina McPhee McPhee, Christina 542

Sound

33 Black Secret Technology (The Whitey on the Moon Dub) / Julian Jonker Jonker, Julian 556

34 Material Memories: Time and the Cinematic Image / Paul D. Miller (Dj Spooky) Miller, Paul D., (Dj Spooky) 566

35 The Turntable / Charles Mudede Mudede, Charles 574.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1442614668

9781442646841

1442646845

9781442614666

OCLC:

855947033

Publisher Number:

99957030421