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Insect media [electronic resource] : an archaeology of animals and technology / Jussi Parikka.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Parikka, Jussi, 1976-
Series:
Posthumanities ; 11.
Posthumanities ; v. 11
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Swarm intelligence.
Insects--Behavior--Mathematical models.
Insects.
Bionics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 p.)
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Uncovering the insect logic that informs contemporary media technologies and the network society.
Contents:
Introduction : insects in the age of technology
Nineteenth-century insect technics : the uncanny affects of insects
Genesis of form: insect architecture and swarms
Technics of nature and temporality : Uexkøll's ethology
Metamorphosis, intensity, and devouring space : elements for an insect game theory
Intermezzo
Animal ensembles, robotic affects : bees, milieus, and individuation
Biomorphs and boids : swarming algorithms
Sexual selection in the biodigital: teknolust and the weird life of SRAs
Epilogue : insect media as an art of transmutation.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-4529-4707-4
0-8166-7524-4
OCLC:
699513567

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