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Fractal Narrative About the Relationship Between Geometries and Technology and Its Impact on Narrative Spaces German A. Duarte

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Duarte, German A. <p>German A. Duarte, Freie Universität Bozen, Italien</p>, Author.
Series:
Media studies.
Edition Medienwissenschaft
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Film.
Media.
Philosophy.
Cultural Studies.
Cognitive-Cultural Economy.
Geometry.
Technology.
Media Studies.
Media Theory.
Media Aesthetics.
Media Philosophy.
Local Subjects:
Film.
Media.
Philosophy.
Cultural Studies.
Cognitive-Cultural Economy.
Geometry.
Technology.
Media Studies.
Media Theory.
Media Aesthetics.
Media Philosophy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (397 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Duarte, Fractal Narrative About the Relationship Between Geometries and Technology and Its Impact on Narrative Spaces
Place of Publication:
Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
Language Note:
English
Biography/History:
German A. Duarte is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. His research interests include the history of media, film history, cognitive-cultural economy and philosophy.
Summary:
Fractals suggest recursivity, infinity and the repetition of a principle of order. They are digital pictures of the universe's continuous movement ignored by mankind during millennia.This book investigates the relationship existing between geometries and technology, and how it guided cognitive processes and thus the organization of narrative spaces. The author proposes a new approach for the study of media remarking that from Bacon's camera obscura to von Neumann's computers both geometries and technology strongly influenced the organization of narrative spaces, which acquired a fractal character.
Contents:
i Table of Contents vii Acknowledgements ix Preface xi 1. Some Notions of an Infinite Space 1 2. The Geometrical Machine 47 3. Film As Spatial Organization 167 4. Fractal Narrative 307 List of Illustrations 353 Bibliography 363
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9783839428290
3839428297
OCLC:
1013967797

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