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Animal internet : nature and digital revolution / Alexander Pschera ; foreword by Dr. Martin Wikelski ; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pschera, Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Social aspects.
- Animals.
- Animal radio tracking--Technological innovations.
- Animal radio tracking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Vessel Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- A bold and surprising exploration of how a new digital revolution will transform human ties with the natural world.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Why today's Little Red Riding Hood has a smartphone in her pocket : an old story in a new light
- Why we are now nothing more than beautiful souls : in the labyrinth of a postmodern awareness of nature
- Why we know whether a swallow is frightened in a storm : what really happens on the Animal Internet
- Why we should care if a frog wanders around in China : the new generation of working animals
- Why Alexander von Humboldt hasn't logged off yet... : the people behind the Animal Internet
- ...And why "Problem Bear" Bruno might still be alive today : on new forms of coexistence
- Why technology is not all bad, and nature not all good : data protection for animals and the positive sides of transparency
- Why animals were always friends of humans : a little story of empathy
- Why the Internet is crawling with cats : the Internet as a shared space of being
- Why after nature, nature will still exist : humans and animals in the anthropocene.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 24, 2016).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-939931-35-5
- OCLC:
- 946625384
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