Network nature : the place of nature in the digital age / Richard Coyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coyne, Richard.

Contributor:

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Environmental aspects.

Digital media.

Technology and civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2018.

Summary:

How do people avoid the stresses of the digital age? Urban dwellers must now turn to nature to recover, restore and rebalance after the stresses brought on by relentless digital connectivity. It is easy to task nature as the cure, with technology as the ailment. In Network Nature, Richard Coyne challenges the definitions of both the natural and the artificial that support this time-worn narrative of nature's benefits. In the process, he attacks the counter-claim that nature must succumb to the sovereignty of digital data. Covering a spectrum of issues and concepts, from big data and biohacking to animality, numinous spaces and the post-digital, he draws on the rich field of semiotics as applied to natural systems and human communication, to enhance our understanding of place, landscape and architecture in a digital world

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Introduction

1. Tuning in to nature

2. What nature?

3. The book of nature

4. Biohacking

5. Reproducing nature

6. The book of stones

7. Natural selection

8. Zoo-space

9. Refuge

10. Numinous nature

11. Nature unplugged

Coda

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

ISBN:

1-350-02949-1

1-350-02951-3

OCLC:

1004376572

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.