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Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology
Jussi Parikka
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Description for Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media, Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network society, providing a radical new perspective on the interconnection of biology and technology.
Through close engagement with the pioneering work of insect ethologists, including Jakob von Uexküll and Karl von Frisch, posthumanist philosophers, media theorists, and contemporary filmmakers and artists, Parikka ... Read more
Since the early nineteenth century, when entomologists first popularized the unique biological and behavioral characteristics of insects, technological innovators and theorists have proposed insects as templates for a wide range of technologies. In Insect Media, Jussi Parikka analyzes how insect forms of social organization-swarms, hives, webs, and distributed intelligence-have been used to structure modern media technologies and the network society, providing a radical new perspective on the interconnection of biology and technology.
Through close engagement with the pioneering work of insect ethologists, including Jakob von Uexküll and Karl von Frisch, posthumanist philosophers, media theorists, and contemporary filmmakers and artists, Parikka ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Posthumanities
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816667406
SKU
V9780816667406
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About Jussi Parikka
Jussi Parikka is reader in media theory and history at Anglia Ruskin University and the director of the Cultures of the Digital Economy (CoDE) research institute. He is the author of Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses.
Reviews for Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology
"With Insect Media Jussi Parikka offers a theory of media that challenges our traditional views of the natural and the artificial. Parikka not only understands insects through the lens of media and mediation, he also unearths an insect logic at the heart of our contemporary fascination with networks, swarming, and intelligent agents. Such a project requires the ability to interweave ... Read more