Actor Network Theory
– Recent technologies have often the character of a network, that is, of exclusively related yet very distant element with the circulation between nodes being made compulsory through a set of rigorous paths giving to a few nodes a strategic…
Stress Land
With not long to go I’m running on lattes, an abundance of cheese croissants and pure adrenaline. There I was naively thinking everything was going to plan: Flights to South America- check Contiki paid off – check Spendings saved up-…
Unlecture Ideas
– Understanding a mechanism of how networks develop – Networks have a logic of organisation but uneven distribution – Even though we have hubs that accumulate data over time, the new nodes can flourish and become much larger – Scale…
Who is Lev Manovich
Lev Manovich An insightful online biography about Lev Manovich, details of his upbringing, award winning success and his concept of data basing. Manovich Biography
Database as Symbolic form
Manovich After the key form of cultural expression of the modern age used to be the novel and cinema narrative, nowadays its correlate is database in this computer age we live in. Nowadays new media objects are collections of individual…
Recombinants poetics related database aesthetics
Bill Seaman A database is derived through human activity leading to residues and inscriptions of experience. The database is used to navigate the open potentials of poetic expression, dynamic association through human process, and emergent meaning arising out of these…
A few Galloway points
Every society has its diagrams The reading argues that the Internet is distributed not decentralized and that it is in fact highly controlled despite having few if any central points of control. A distributed architecture is precisely that which makes…
Potts theoretical frameworks
Technological determinism refers to the belief that technology is the agent of social change. lt is both a popular attitude – reflected in such expressions as ’you can’t stop progress’ – and a theoretical position. The term was coined by…
Intro to Culture & Technology
Culture and technology circumscribe a field incorporating many interests and disciplines. In academic terms, disciplines such as media studies, cultural studies and sociology have conducted theoretical inquiry into the complex relationship between culture and technology. We discuss a wide range…